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A twisted paedophile who claimed a virus installed nearly 2,000 indecent images - many of children - on her computer has avoided jail.

Jasmine Rowbottom, 24, was arrested after officers from the Online Child Exploitation Team executed a warrant at her Dudley-based home in June 2016.

A painstaking investigation followed and more than 50 pieces of computer equipment examined.

She denied the offences and claimed the images must have been caused by a virus on her computer or via a USB stick given to her years before.

Specialist forensic examiners were able to prove this was not the case and Rowbottom was found guilty following a trial last month of making indecent images and movies of children and possession of extreme pornography.

On Monday, October 7, she was given 21-month prison sentence suspended for two years. She was also given a two-year supervision order, was placed on the sexual harm prevention order for 10 years and the sex offenders register for ten years.

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