A Llanon man has been jailed after admitting possessing hundreds of indecent images of children and bestiality.

Dyfed Jones, of Roseland Cottage, Bridge Street, appeared before Swansea Crown Court for sentencing where he was handed a 16 month custodial sentence for possession for the indecent images and sharing an intimate photo of someone without consent.

The former bus driver had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of indecent images in categories A, B and C, possession of extreme pornography depicting bestiality, possession of prohibited images of children, and sharing an intimate photo without consent.

At sentencing, the court heard that 35-year-old Jones had been a DJ at a kids party whilst on police bail.

Prosecutor, Samuel Jenkins, said the indecent images came to light in October last year after a complaint was made to police that Jones had shared intimate photos of a woman he had met through Snapchat with other people. The defendant was arrested, his phone was seized, and he was released under investigation.

The court heard that following the examination of his phone the defendant was arrested again in May this year, and further devices were seized from his home address. Jones was released on conditional bail, including conditions restricting his contact with children.

A full examination of Jones’ devices uncovered more than 750 indecent images including 225 in category A showing the most serious kinds of sexual abuse. The court heard that among the category A images on Jones' phone were ones showing children as young as two or three years being raped.

Investigators also found Jones had been searching for child abuse material and paid an unknown contact $35 dollars for a folder containing 316 files.

In defence, the court was told that Jones recognised he has ‘problematic sexualised behaviour’ which needs to be addressed.

Defending, Emily Bennett said that Jones is now training to become a lorry driver, which may be ‘more appropriate’ than his previous job as a bus driver in the circumstances.

The court heard that Jones has two previous convictions for 19 offences including possession of indecent images and causing a female under 16 to engage in sexual activity and sending malicious communications.

Judge Huw Rees told the defendant that showing an interest in child sexual abuse material creates demand for more images to be produced in order "to satisfy the unhealthy, lustful, and degenerate demands of people like you".

He said the children in the images were real children being sexually abused somewhere in the world in order to feed the "filthy interests" of people like Jones, and said the sharing and distribution of those images on the web further extends the trauma.

With one-third discounts for his guilty pleas Jones was sentenced to 16 months in prison comprising 12 months for the possession charges, and four months for the disclosing intimidate photos charge with the sentences to run consecutively one with the other.

The defendant was also made subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and will be a registered sex offender for the same length of time.