Ronald Gary Dubois jailed for grooming a ‘14-year-old girl’ on Kik

A creep has been jailed after he took the day off work to meet up with a child, admitting to police he would have sexually abused her if he had the chance.

A father who made plans to meet up with a child after grooming her online admitted to police he would have sexually abused her if she was real.

Ronald Gary Dubois, 55, was jailed after he took the day off work to meet up with the fictitious victim but was met by police instead.

During sentencing, the District Court heard Dubois joined a group called ‘Adelaide teens’ on the social media application Kik in October.

Dubois initiated a conversation with a covert police officer who was purporting to be a 14-year-old girl.

“You then engaged in a discussion with her of a sexual nature,” Judge Geraldine Davison said.

Ronald Dubois will be sentenced later this month for communicating to make a child amenable to sexual activity. Photo: Facebook

“You also said that you were happy to show her how to engage in these activities when you caught up with her.”

Dubois took the day off work in order to meet up with who he believed to be the 14-year-old girl at the Salisbury Railway Station on November 16.

He was arrested by police on the platform.

“You initially said that you were only going to talk to the 14-year-old female when you took her back to your house,” Judge Davison said.

“However, you eventually admitted that you would have been happy to have sex with her if she wanted to do that.”

Dubois pleaded guilty to five counts of communicating to make a child amenable to sexual activity

Police also found child exploitation material on Dubois’ phone, which he also pleaded guilty to.

The court heard Dubois was a father and had previously worked at a bowling franchise before being taken into custody.

Dubois read an apology letter to the court last month.

“I’m embarrassed, ashamed at my poor choices and I’m having difficulties in forgiving myself for this,” he said.

“My poor decisions could have led to an individual and their family having to deal with the consequences and this would have been lifelong.

“For that I cannot apologise enough.

“I can’t even begin to imagine just how difficult that would be to have that burden for life by the actions of someone else.”

Nick Vadasz, for Dubois, told the court his client’s marriage broke down and he turned to the internet.

“He was an extremely lonely person, which does not in any way justify entering into this supposed relationship with a child but explains why he found himself trawling various sites and ended up on this particular site,” Mr Vadasz said.

The court heard Dubois was in the early stages of pedophilic disorder and amenable to rehabilitation.

Dubois was sentenced to two years and three months jail, with a non-parole period of one year and three months.

The sentence was backdated to November 16, 2022.