Domenic "Mick" Gatto (born 6 August 1955) is an Italian-Australian former heavyweight boxer, who once was a serious contender for the Australian Heavyweight title. He is better known for his involvement in the Melbourne underworld.Gatto is a professional mediator within the building industry in Melbourne. He runs a chain of companies, Arbitrations and Mediations Pty Ltd and has an interest in crane company, Elite Cranes.
Previously residing in East Doncaster, Gatto purchased a A$2 million home in Lower Plenty on October 2005. In June 2007 Gatto's nephew Daniel Gatto pleaded guilty to three assault charges in relation to a fight that occurred on 2006-12-24 in front of a Prahran nightclub. In the drama series Underbelly based on the Melbourne gangland killings Gatto is played by actor Simon Westaway, and in series 2, Luke McKenzie.
In 2004 Mick Gatto was charged with the murder of suspected underworld hitman Andrew Veniamin and remanded in custody for 18 months. He was found not guilty at trial, during which Gatto claimed he had acted in self defence after Veniamin pulled out a .38 and threatened to kill him. Gatto claims that during a struggle he was able to turn the gun around on Veniamin and fire one shot into his neck, and one shot in the eye. He also claimed that during the argument, Veniamin had implicated himself in the deaths of Dino Dibra, Paul Kallipolitis and Graham Kinniburgh.
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