Former NT Police commissioner Peter Bravos resigns and may have to surrender his passport

ALLEGED quadruple rapist Peter Bravos has been ordered to put up a large bail while the judge flagged significant conflicts of interests that could arise from his case.

NT Police Assistant Commissioner Peter Bravos arrives at Darwin Local Court ahead of his committal on four counts of rape, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Picture: KERI MEGELUS

ALLEGED quadruple rapist Peter Bravos resigned from his job as Assistant Commissioner of NT Police last month, a court has heard.

In a review of his bail conditions in the Supreme Court, Crown Prosecutor Tami Grealy said Bravos now posed a greater risk of skipping the country and should be ordered to surrender his passport.

“In my submission, now would be the time if one were to get cold feet,” Ms Grealy said.

Ms Grealy told the court Bravos had applied for duel citizenship with Greece and owned a large yacht which he frequently sailed into international waters.

“Now that he is no longer employed with the NT Police, it’s a significant tie with the Northern Territory that is no longer there,” she said.

“He has ties to countries outside of Australia that make it possible for him to leave the country and not come back.”

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Bravos resigned in late June, shortly after he was committed to stand trial.

Bravos plans to skipper his yacht in the upcoming Darwin Ambon yacht race.

Bravos’s barrister, John Lawrence SC, said it was unlikely Bravos would “keep going in Ambon or kidnap six crew members and become a fugitive.

“We disagree with the discomfort that the Crown is feeling,” he said.

Justice Judith Kelly declined the request for Bravos to hand over his passport but ordered he enter into a $500,000 bail undertaking, to be guaranteed by his wife, Cindy Bravos.

Justice Kelly also flagged the possibility that none of the sitting Supreme Court judges could hear the case because of conflicts of interest, and said the court might have to appoint an acting judge from interstate.