Former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos took advantage of boys in his electorate, giving them drugs and sexually abusing them when he saw an opportunity to act on his sexual interest in children, a jury has been told.
Orkopoulos, 65, has pleaded not guilty to 28 offences, including sexual offences against underaged boys, allegedly occurring between 1993 and 2003.
He was the member for Swansea from March 1999 until November 2006, when he was booted from cabinet and expelled from the Labor party.
