Kevin John Orchard stands in the dock at the Wellington District Court during sentencing for sexual grooming. Photo via NZ HeraldA sexual predator arrested outside a Wellington McDonald's after travelling to meet a fake teenager he'd been grooming online has been sent to prison. Kevin John Orchard, 50, appeared in the Wellington District Court today for sentencing on exposing a young person to indecent material and travelling to meet a young person for the purposes of sexual grooming. The former Central Otago man was caught in a police sting, in which an officer pretended to be a 14-year-old girl online. Regardless, he subsequently arranged to meet the fictitious girl at McDonald's in Wellington before he caught the ferry to the South Island.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2021 00:56 UTC