One of Australia's most notorious criminals could walk free in HOURS

After spending 18 years successful custody, cause kingpin Tony Mokbel whitethorn beryllium connected the verge of state arsenic 3 judges determine whether helium volition beryllium released connected bail.

The 59-year-old gangland fig applied for his merchandise from situation connected bail connected Tuesday, amid dense security, and the tribunal was owed to marque a ruling connected Friday morning.

Mokbel, who is appealing his outstanding cause convictions, has not tasted state since his 2007 apprehension successful Greece when helium absconded wrong a yacht portion connected $1million bail promised by his sister-in-law Renate.

When she failed to wage the surety, her location was seized and she was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months imprisonment successful 2008 for lying to a tribunal astir her assets.

Mokbel's sister Gawy Saad has present offered to wage his $850,000 bail.

When asked astir the acquisition of her sister-in-law, Saad said she was 'sure helium won't bash it to anyone else'.

Mokbel has agreed to abide by what his lawyer said were 'stringent' bail conditions, including GPS monitoring, a curfew, regular constabulary reporting and not leaving Victoria.

He would unrecorded astatine Ms Saad's four-bedroom location astatine Viewbank successful Melbourne's northeast, and she assured the tribunal she would study him to constabulary if helium flouted immoderate bail conditions.

Mokbel's barrister Julie Condon KC said granting of bail was justified, contempt his erstwhile absconding, owed to delays successful proceeding his appeal, the spot of his case, his mediocre carnal health, positive beardown section ties to household and his 'long-term de facto' partner.

He is warring to overturn cause trafficking convictions aft helium pleaded blameworthy to heading a multi-million dollar cause trafficking empire known arsenic 'The Company'.

Mokbel was represented astatine the clip by barrister Nicola Gobbo, unaware she was informing connected him for Victoria Police.

Justices Karin Emerton, Robert Osborn and Jane Dixon are owed to manus down their determination successful the Court of Appeal connected Friday morning.

Mokbel is presently eligible for parole successful June 2031 and an entreaty implicit his cause trafficking convictions volition beryllium heard aboriginal this year.