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Nine years' jail for 'arrogant' Orkopoulos

Source: ABC News
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:19 AEST
Expires: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:19 AEST

Former New South Wales Government minister Milton Orkopoulos has been sentenced to at least nine years and three months in jail on 30 child sex and drugs charges.

Tags: government-and-politics, political-parties, labor-party, states-and-territories, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, australia, nsw, newcastle-2300

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