An ex-BBC producer has avoided a prison sentence after being found guilty of downloading images of child sexual abuse. Dylan Dawes, 50, had more than 6,000 indecent images of children on his devices when they were seized by police. Dawes, who started working for the BBC in 2000, denied having a sexual interest in children. He claimed that someone else may have used the devices, which were sometimes left overnight at the BBC’s Cardiff headquarters. At Cardiff Crown Court in April, he was found guilty of three counts of possessing an indecent image of a child, along with three counts of making an indecent image of a child, relating to more than 6,000 images found on his devices. Dawes was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Newport Crown Court on Thursday. He was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years. Judge Egan told him: “You have paid and you will continue to pay a heavy price for what you did.…