He was believed to be wearing a black puffer jacket and driving a purple Ford Falcon with the registration CKT152. Gately was serving a sentence of preventive detention for serious sexual offending committed in 2000. After graduation from the Adult Sex Offender Treatment Programme and obtaining release to work, Gately was released in May last year, with standard conditions imposed. "He appears to be doing very well including with his continuing work with [withheld] and in his engagement with [withheld]," the decision stated. But the board noted Gately would be "acutely aware" of what could happen should there be "any problem emerging with his engagement with parole".

Source: Otago Daily Times August 17, 2016 04:52 UTC