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For more than eight years, Terry Gregoriou had top-level access to confidential information as an intelligence analyst with NSW police. Now, he's been found guilty of leaking documents to his best mate - a bikie associate.
In Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Friday, Magistrate Lee Gilmour found Gregoriou guilty on three counts of unlawfully disclosing and releasing private and confidential information held by the NSW police.
The 33-year-old from Dean Park, in Sydney's west, had denied sharing the confidential documents with his friend of 20 years, Peter Vasilly, between November 2008 and December 2009.
Advertisement: Story continues below The documents gave details of bikie gang activity and associates.
One document was found in Gregoriou's home but had Vasilly's fingerprints on it.
Another document, detailing the release from prison of a man with links to the Finks bikie gang and his known associates, was found in the glovebox of Vasilly's car.
Gregoriou could not explain how the documents he printed were found in the possession of Mr Vasilly, who had alleged links to the Comanchero bikie gang.
He claimed he was "stunned" to find a document linking his friend to outlaw motorcycle gang activity and printed it so he could "take it away and think" about what to do.
He said he intended to report his conflict of interest to his superiors but was arrested before he could do so.
Ms Gilmour labelled Gregoriou's version of facts "implausible and unconvincing" and his evidence "fanciful and unreliable".
Gregoriou's reason for taking the documents home, to get them into his mind, was "quite ludicrous".
She said the discovery of Mr Vasilly's fingerprints on the documents was "damning".
A further four charges against Gregoriou, relating to the theft of the information, were dismissed.
Gregoriou is due to be sentenced on December 20.
Ms Gilmour on Friday said that prior to sentencing, the Sydney father would be assessed for home detention.
