Associates Basilios Meletsis and Alex Dimopoulos have appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court alongside former Victoria Police detective sergeant Wayne Dean, who is accused of corruption offences investigated by the state’s anti-corruption watchdog.
Dean, 66, is charged with blackmail and bribery, while travel agent Cheng Christine Zhang, Meletsis and Dimopoulos are co-accused.
All four were granted bail with conditions, including not contacting prosecution witnesses, and were ordered to return to court on April 23.
Court documents allege Dean received benefits including return flights to Thailand, luxury accommodation and other inducements, and misused his police position to assist Zhang in a civil dispute.
It is also alleged he received two nights’ accommodation at the Park Hyatt in Melbourne and further accommodation, a driver, a phone and cash from Dimopoulos.
Dean faces 35 charges following an IBAC investigation. He told the commission in May 2022 that he received about $200 in cash on an ad-hoc basis from Meletsis, but denied being paid to carry out jobs.
Source: MSN.
