Analyst leaked to bikie cousin: Crown

As an intelligence analyst for NSW police, Terry Gregoriou had top-level access to
classified information which prosecutors say he leaked to his bikie cousin.
The civilian employee was the subject of a covert police operation in 2009 when a
hidden camera was set up in his Ferguson Centre office in Parramatta, in Sydney's
west, to "observe" his behaviour.
In December, the 33-year-old from Dean Park, in the city's northwest, was charged
with unlawfully disclosing and releasing confidential information held by NSW Police
and stealing confidential information.
The seven offences are alleged to occurred between November 2008 and December 2009,
at Sydney and Parramatta and to have involved the downloading and printing of
documents, sections of which Gregoriou allegedly then took from the office.
One of the documents included information about a meeting of outlaw motorcycle gangs
Notorious and Comanchero, Magistrate Lee Gilmour said at Sydney's Downing Centre
Local Court.
Another of the reports Gregoriou is charged with having stolen and disseminated
included details of an illegal poker game involving members of the Comanchero outlaw
motorcycle gang, she added.
"Peter Vassily is a cousin of the accused and has a history and association with the
Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang members," Ms Gilmour said in a brief summary of
the charges against Gregoriou on Monday.
Amanda Brady, for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), said that on the same
day Gregoriou was seen to remove the documents from the police office, he had
contact with Mr Vassily.
"A number of calls were made between the accused and Peter Vassily at relevant times
in relation to the downloading of the material, particularly in relation to the
intelligence report ... which was all about a proposed illegal poker game," Ms Brady
said.
The court was told that Gregoriou later met with Mr Vassily who, a witness said, had
a background in martial arts and frequented gyms.
A police raid of Gregoriou's home allegedly found documents linked to the charges,
bearing the fingerprints of Gregoriou and Mr Vassily.
Gregoriou's barrister Shane McAnulty said there was no doubt his client downloaded
the material and took some of it away but that neither act breached the guidelines
of his employment.
Furthermore, Mr McAnulty said, there was no direct evidence that Gregoriou took the
information to share with another person.
"There is not one tape that I can see (in which) Mr Gregoriou says ... 'I'm going to
see you tomorrow with all the information'," Mr McAnulty said.
Gregoriou appeared in court on Monday accompanied by three men. He is understood to
be suspended from work on full pay pending the outcome of the charges.
The hearing is set down for three days and is expected to hear from 12 witnesses.
Ms Brady said a large amount of circumstantial evidence would form the prosecution
case.