The ex-BBC producer searched the time period “jailbait” on-line, the courtroom heard.
Dylan Dawes appeared in courtroom over incedent photographs of youngsters (Picture: Newyddion S4C/WALES NEWS SERVICE)
Former BBC Wales producer Dylan Dawes, 50, was allegedly discovered with 6,200 little one abuse photographs and searched the time period “jailbait” on-line. He appeared at Cardiff Crown Courtroom on Tuesday after photographs have been discovered on a laptop computer, two iPads and a tough drive. The jury was informed that 185 Class A photographs had been recovered.
He was first arrested at his Cardiff residence in February 2022, when officers seized 4 of his units. After his arrest, he informed police he had “no data” of the photographs, which the courtroom heard have been downloaded “throughout a time period of about 16 years”. Prosecutor Harry Baker informed the courtroom that Dawes began working on the BBC in 2001 and was “downloading little one pornography” between 2006 and 2022.
Baker stated when Dawes was initially arrested, he denied possessing or making any indecent photographs of youngsters in his police interview.
He admitted taking one of many iPads to work and claimed he additionally gave the arduous drive to colleagues for work-related functions.
Later, 483 photographs have been discovered on the 4 units belonging to him, of which seven have been Class A photographs.
An extra 5,794 photographs have been recovered and recognized by consultants as having been on the units sooner or later. This included 185 Class A photographs.
In accordance with the BBC, when Dawes was quizzed once more by the police, he stated he had “no data of any indecent photographs that have been discovered on my units”.
The defendant stated he’d checked out “grownup” pornography prior to now, however denied having a sexual curiosity in kids.
He additionally stated “at varied levels, all of the units have been left for prolonged intervals in open plan places of work and never in my possession”. Dawes answered with “no remark” to additional police questioning.
He faces three counts of possessing indecent images of a kid in Classes A, B and C, dated to his arrest on February 28, 2022.
His three different counts relate to pictures the prosecutions say weren’t on the units on the time of arrest, however “have been later recovered”.
The BBC confirmed the defendant was now not employed by the company and wouldn’t be commenting on the continuing case. The trial continues at Cardiff Crown Courtroom.
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