Former OPW Worker Sent Sexualised Messages to Undercover PSNI Officer Posing as 13-Year-Old Girl

Former OPW worker sent sexualised messages to undercover PSNI officer posing as 13-year-old girl

He initially went under the username ‘Older Guy’ when he was communicating with what he thought was a girl aged 13 named Jess.

Man admits he sent sexualised images to officer posing as child

A man was caught in an online sting after sending sexualised images to an undercover PSNI operative posing as a 13-year-old girl. Former Office of Public Works (OPW) employee Kevin Smyth, 58, of Dublin Road, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, will be sentenced next month. He pleaded guilty at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court to four offences on various dates in 2021. The first charge states that on July 15, he attempted to intentionally cause a child…