A BBC producer who downloaded more than 6,000 indecent images of children has avoided prison – after claiming he had ‘no idea’ where they came from.
Dylan Dawes, 50, sustained a 22-year-long career at the broadcaster before his arrest in 2022.
Officers searched his home and found indecent images on four devices, including a hard drive, laptop and two iPads.
He was found guilty at Cardiff Crown Court last month of three counts of possessing an indecent image of a child and three counts of making an indecent image of a child.
Dawes has now been spared jail after a judge sentenced him to
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