The 54-year-old pleaded guilty to making 94 still and 56 moving images of category A, 87 still and 16 moving images of category B, and 354 still and five moving images of category C.

Thomas resigned in July from his role as a Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales. The former Plaid Cymru politician appeared at Aberystwyth Magistrates' Court where he admitted three counts of making indecent images of children. The court heard Thomas admitted making more than 500 indecent photographs of children and more than 70 films. Thomas was ordered to surrender his passport to police and was prohibited from having unsupervised contact with children below the age of 16. Thomas, from Penparcau, Aberystwyth, was granted conditional bail until he appears at Mold Magistrates' Court on October 31. Thomas quit the Senedd and his party after being arrested in July. Helen Mary Jones, who was next on Plaid's regional list for the Mid and West Wales seat, returned to the assembly to replace Mr Thomas in August.
Former Member of Parliament and Member of the National Assembly for Wales, Simon Thomas, pleads guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.