A man has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
Colin Martin Jones, 56, formerly of Swindon but now living in Gloucestershire, appeared at Swindon Crown Court yesterday to be sentenced for three counts of making indecent images of children.
The charges relate to 201 category A images (the most serious), 121 category B and 628 category C.
He was given a nine-month prison sentence suspended for two years, ordered to participate in rehabilitation and unpaid work and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order will be in place for ten years.
Last February officers from Wiltshire Police’s Child Internet Exploitation Team reacted to information that a particular mobile phone had tried to access indecent material on websites more than 16 times.
Further enquiries led them to Jones and he was quickly arrested, with police seizing a number of devices.
Detective Constable Jason Walsh, from the Child Internet Exploitation Team, said: “These types of investigations very often start with intelligence we receive from other agencies, alerting us to the fact that someone at a certain IP address is accessing indecent images.
“We are then able to trace this person, seize their computers, phones and laptops, and have these forensically examined so we understand the scale of the offending.
“Our work is dedicated to identifying offenders and ensuring they are brought to justice. These are not victimless crimes – each child pictured in these images is a victim of very real abuse and needs protecting.”
For more information and support for anyone who is concerned about someone accessing indecent images of children, or who has wider concerns about child abuse, please visit: https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/caa/child-abuse/
