February 2015 Shrewsbury child sex images man snared by Interpol with Cat A images A former nurse from Shrewsbury has avoided jail despite police finding scores of indecent images of children on his computer following an Interpol investigation Nearly half of the pictures and videos found on Alan Jones’ computer were at the most serious Category A level. Shrewsbury Crown Court heard Jones, 49, of Conway Drive, Monkmoor, came to the attention of West Mercia Police as a result of an international investigation focusing on “peer to peer networks” being used to share indecent images of children. Mr Philip Brunt, prosecuting, said the two-month investigation in 2013 pinpointed “clients” from 22 different countries who were using such networks to exchange the images. He said one of the computer IP addresses was for machines owned by Jones. The court heard examinations of the laptop and the computer found 67 indecent pictures – 30 of which were at the most serious Level A – and three videos, which were all at Level B. Jones,  who sat with head bowed throughout the hearing, had earlier pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing indecent pictures of children. Mr Steven Scully, for Jones, said his client was, quite literally, at “rock bottom” and was “extremely remorseful”. He said Jones had lost a job he had been doing for 25 years as a result and had now retrained as a lorry driver. His fiancee had also left him. Judge Simon Tonking sentenced Jones to a community order for three years, to include supervision by the probation service and attendance on a sex offender rehabilitation programme, with £500 costs. The judge said: “These offences are serious, because while you are sitting in the comfort of your home looking at images on your screen, these images are produced by children being abused by adults.” Jones was also ordered to sign on the sex offenders register for a period of five years.