A Toronto police officer has been charged with perjury, accused of covering up his younger brother’s whereabouts after the execution-style murder of a multi-millionaire jeweller.

Const. Daniel J. Costa, 29, of 23 Division has a bail hearing Tuesday in Newmarket court after allegedly misleading York Region Police homicide investigators probing the murder of Alexander Kucovic.

Immediately after the murder, homicide investigators said that Kucovic, 37, had been “targeted.”

The victim was a regular in the downtown entertainment district, with a personal fleet of a half-dozen high-end vehicles, including a Bentley, Maserati, Mercedes and Lexus.

He was pronounced dead in Humber River Regional Hospital’s York-Finch campus within hours of being shot several times near his home around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 2.

His body was found in the middle of the street on well-lit Grandvista Cres., near Rutherford Rd. and Pine Valley Dr., in a wealthy area known for million dollar homes, nannies and strollers, not crime.

Within days of the murder, York homicide investigators were probing the possible involvement of Costa’s younger brother Michael, court documents show.

Michael Costa hasn’t been charged in relation to the murder and sources say he may now be in southern Italy.

He had lived in Woodbridge with his father. Though he drove a Mercedes, he did not have regular employment.

York homicide investigators first spoke with Daniel Costa about his brother on July 7, five days after the murder.

More than two months after that initial talk, Daniel Costa was charged with perjury and freed on a promise to appear in court.

He’s suspended with pay from Toronto police.

According to court documents, the perjury charge was laid after Daniel Costa allegedly made “a false statement under oath, namely stating repeatedly to investigators he had no knowledge of the whereabouts of his brother a person of interest in the homicide investigation, knowing the statement to be false …”

Until his arrest on Oct. 17, Daniel Costa had a clean record as a police officer in 23 division, a police source said.

Daniel Costa could not be reached for comment.

The murder victim, Kucovic, looked the part of one of the buff, tattooed characters in Jersey Shore, a reality show of eight housemates living on the shores of New Jersey.

He also liked the show, clicking on Facebook that it was one of his favourite programs.

The murdered man listed himself as divorced on his Facebook page, but he hadn’t actually become legally divorced after splitting from his wife.

Police had been called to Kucovic’s home in June for domestic complaints.

Photos on his Facebook page indicate he didn’t lack for friends or female companionship.

Immediately after the murder, a family friend told the Star’s Galit Rodin that he had been extremely proud of his young son.

“He was the most proud father that I’ve ever seen,” the family friend said.

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When Kucovic died, numerous friends posted tributes on Facebook.

“RIP BROTHER.....YOU’LL BE MISSED BRO,” a friend posted less than three hours after he was shot.

The next morning, another friend wrote: “I knew a man who once said, ‘death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.’ RIP BRO ... you will be missed.”