Paedophile politician who plied boys with drugs and sexually assaulted them accused of parole breach

Paedophile politician, 62, who plied boys with drugs and sexually assaulted them is accused of breaching parole just four weeks after walking free from jail

  • Child sex offender and former Labor NSW minister is accused of breaching bail
  • Milton Orkopoulos will front court just four weeks after being released from jail
  • He was convicted of 30 offences including sexual intercourse with a boy

Convicted child sex offender and former Labor NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos will have to front up in court after allegedly breaching his parole conditions.

A NSW Police spokesman said Orkopoulos, 62, would be issued with a court attendance notice for failing to comply with reporting obligations.

Orkopoulos was released from prison in December last year after spending more than 11 years behind bars for child sex offences.

Convicted child sex offender and former Labor NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos (pictured) is set to face court four weeks after being released from prison after he allegedly breached bail conditions

‘Following an investigation by officers from Eastern Beaches police area command, a court attendance notice will be served on a 62-year-old man for the offence of failing to comply with reporting obligations,’ the police spokesman said.

Orkopoulos is due to front Waverley Local Court on March 4. 

The 62-year-old was released after 11-and-a-half years behind bars at 10am on December 20 having been granted parole, despite being caught with drugs in jail earlier this year. 

The former NSW Aboriginal affairs minister was jailed in 2008 after he was convicted of 30 offences including sexual intercourse with a boy between 10 and 18 years, and possessing child pornography.

He abused three male victims aged 15 to 20 after plying them with drugs and alcohol between 1995 and 2006.

He was ordered to abide by 11 strict parole conditions including wearing an electronic ankle bracelet, not to contact his victims, not to be in the company of or contact anyone on social media under 16 years.

He is also banned from the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie areas.

During this time Orkopoulos was a councillor for Lake Macquarie City and later was elected to NSW parliament.

The State Parole Authority, chaired by Justice James Wood, granted him parole because it would enable him to access treatment and supervision he would not otherwise receive if he was released at the end of his sentence in October 2021.

‘The only way in which he can have a supervised and assisted transition back into the community is via parole release,’ Justice Wood said.

Orkopoulos incurred four institutional misconduct charges while in prison – two for failing drug tests in December 2015 and February 2019 and two for receiving prohibited goods from a visitor in 2009 and 2013.

He failed a drug test earlier this year after testing positive to buprenorphine, an opioid used in the treatment of heroin and methadone dependence.

The former NSW Aboriginal affairs minister was jailed in 2008 after he was convicted of 30 offences including sexual intercourse with a boy between 10 and 18 years, and possessing child pornography, he was released on December 20 after serving 11 years in prison

The former NSW Aboriginal affairs minister was jailed in 2008 after he was convicted of 30 offences including sexual intercourse with a boy between 10 and 18 years, and possessing child pornography, he was released on December 20 after serving 11 years in prison

 

 

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