NSW: Orkopoulos trial has begun

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-2008
NSW: Orkopoulos trial has begun

The trial of former New South Wales government minister MILTON ORKOPOULOS on child
sex and drugs charges .. is underway in Newcastle.

A jury is being empanelled in the District Court to hear the case against the 49-year-old
former Aboriginal affairs minister.

ORKOPOULOS is charged with 37 alleged offences over a decade .. from March 1995 to November 2006.

They include 17 child sex charges .. one count of possessing child pornography .. four
counts of supplying heroin .. and 15 counts of supplying cannabis.

The trial was due to start yesterday .. but ORKOPOULOS'S barrister asked for a day's
delay to consider new information.

The trial's expected to last five weeks.

AAP RTV wjf/jmt

KEYWORD: ORKOPOULOS (SYDNEY)

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