Swindon man jailed after hundreds of indecent images of children found on device

Alun Eric Topp, 48, was sentenced to 32 months in prison.

Author: Harry LongPublished 6th Feb 2023

A man from Swindon's been jailed after hundreds of indecent images of children were found on a device

Officers attended 48 year-old Alun Eric Topp's address on February 19 and he was arrested.

At Swindon Crown Court on Friday, Topp, of Bexley Walk, Park South, was sentenced to 32 months in prison - after pleading guilty to making and distributing indecent images of children.

Detective Constable Justine Parsons, from Wiltshire Police’s Child Internet Exploitation Team, said: “When Topp was arrested, a search was conducted of his home address and officers located 11 media devices which were seized for further analysis. One of these was found to contain illegal material.

"Following further extensive enquiries, a total of 542 category A images were found – this refers to images depicting the most serious child abuse.

“This case further highlights the ongoing work carried out by our team to identify offenders who not only access these images online, but also distribute them. I am pleased our extensive enquiries have resulted in a prison sentence for this offender.”

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