Milton Orkopoulos used his position as a councillor and New South Wales government minister to gain the trust of young boys before giving them drugs and sexually abusing them, jurors have been told.
During her closing address in the former Labor MP’s trial on Thursday, crown prosecutor Cate Dodds said one victim had been enticed in through Orkopoulous’ claims he was a “powerful mover and shaker” who could get things done.
The boy, who cannot be legally named, says he was around 11 or 12 years old when he first met Orkopoulos when he was a Lake Macquarie councillor who said he could get a skate park for Swansea….