Morriston man jailed after sharing indecent videos of children and animals online

A man from Swansea has been jailed after he pleaded guilty to multiple offences involving the possession and distribution of indecent images of children and animals.

42-year-old Kyle Jones, from Morriston, was arrested after initially being linked to a Kik messaging account that uploaded Category A indecent videos of children to the internet in 2023. 

After denying the offences in interview, a diligent joint investigation between the South Wales Police Online Investigation Team (POLIT) and Digital Forensics Unit discovered evidence of over 3000 illegal images and videos of children and animals on devices that were evidentially attributed to Jones. The images and videos included a large number of the most serious type, Category A.

Jones pleaded guilty to three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child, three counts of distributing an indecent photograph of a child, one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image of an animal and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child. 

He has been sentenced to 28 months in prison.

Detective Constable Thomas Connick said:

“Kyle Jones possessed and distributed a significant number of  indecent images of children and animals, and knew that what he was doing was unacceptable when he did so.

“Following a thorough investigation, Jones is now deservedly heading to prison.

“Jones’ actions were reprehensible and will have caused an immense amount of distress to his family and local community. They can hopefully feel assurance that Jones is now behind bars.

“It is worth remembering that offences involving such illegal images are not victimless - individuals that access these images are creating and fuelling a demand that can only be met by the further abuse of vulnerable individuals.

"South Wales Police is committed to helping prevent this abhorrent abuse and will target all those that enable and encourage it.”