Labour Councillor (Northampton/Northamptonshire), and former School Governor, Alec Dyer-Atkins was convicted and jailed for 2 years for downloading more than 42,000 pictures and films described in court as "Horrifying images of child abuse".

Dyer-Atkins was a member of an international paedophile ring called 'The Shadows Brotherhood' which was successfully penetrated following work by Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). Commenting on the conviction of the depraved Labour Party beast, NHTCU Deputy Head, Mick Deats said: "This man had some of the worst images on his computers that officers from this unit have ever viewed".

Alec Dyer-Atkins was among a total of 45 other people who were arrested in July 2002 for their membership of a major, Internet-based paedophile network, known as 'The Shadows Brotherhood', a network of sick paedophiles who share images of children being tortured, raped, and mutilated.

Dyer-Atkins was given a two year custodial sentence for his part of this sick crime of downloading more than 42,000 paedophilic images and including 2,500 movies.