with assaulting two underage boys and a third young male, and using taxpayers' money to pay a teenage boy to have sex with him. Premier Morris Iemma immediately sacked him from Cabinet, and he was also expelled from the Labor Party. Orkopoulos denied the charges but indicated that he would not contest his Swansea electorate at the 2007 state election. He resigned from parliament on 13 November 2006 and reportedly attempted suicide the next day. The government also passed legislation to suspend or remove parliamentary pension entitlements for any member who resigns when charged with serious crimes prior to the resolution of charges. The provisions of the legislation permitted it to be applied retrospectively to Orkopoulos. Further charges were laid against Orkopoulos on 16 April 2007. On 14 March 2008, he was found guilty of 28 offences relating to sexual assault of a minor, indecent assault and supplying heroin and cannabis. On 21 May 2008, Orkopoulos was sentenced to 13 years and 11 months in jail, with a non-parole period of 9 years and 3 months. In March 2009, he lodged a challenge against his conviction in the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal. On 25 August 2009, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal rejected Orkopoulos' appeal against his conviction but reduced his maximum sentence to 13 years and eight months (instead of the 13 years and 11 months sentence by the trial court) with a non-parole period of nine years. In January 2017, Orkopoulos' application for parole was refused on the grounds that he had failed to attend rehabilitation. He was released on parole in late December 2019. The conditions of his release included being electronically monitored and not approaching his victims. In January 2020, while on parole, Orkopoulos was charged with two counts of failing to meet his reporting obligations.He pleaded guilty to those offences and avoided a prison term when his lawyer, Omar Juweinat pointed out an anomaly in the sentencing laws. On 15 June 2020, Orkopoulos was arrested and questioned by NSW Police over further historical sex offence allegations. See also Child sexual abuse in Australia List of Australian criminals References 1957 births Living people 21st-century Australian criminals Australian drug traffickers Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Australian people convicted of child sexual abuse Australian people convicted of indecent assault Australian people of Greek descent Australian politicians convicted of crimes