Convicted paedophile and person of interest in William Tyrrell investigation is released from jail after years behind bars for child sex offences
- A person of interest in the William Tyrrell investigation was released from jail
- Tony Jones was imprisoned after pleading guilty to two child sex offences
- He is one of the few persons of interest in the case to have been publicly named
- Jones has denied any involvement in the little boy's disappearance in 2014
- Police have said there are hundreds of persons of interest in the investigation
Released from prison: Anthony 'Tony' Jones, who has been named as a person of interest in the William Tyrrell investigation
A paedophile named as a person of interest in the William Tyrrell investigation has been released from jail after serving time for molesting a child.
Anthony 'Tony' Jones - originally from Wellington, in the New South Wales central west - was jailed for the aggravated assault of an 11-year-old girl in 2015.
The 62-year-old pleaded guilty to two child sex offences, with the District Court hearing his abuse of the girl had gone on for 'some time'.
He was sentenced to a total three year sentence but Judge Leonie Flannery ordered he be released on supervised parole after two years behind bars, on September 26, 2016.
Jones has denied any involvement following William's disappearance, claiming he was 'out bush' collecting scrap metal the day the toddler vanished.
Tony Jones has denied any involvement in the disappearance of little William Tyrrell (pictured), who vanished from his foster grandmother's home in Kendall, on the NSW north coast
The little boy in a Spiderman suit is believed to have been abducted from his foster's grandmother yard in Kendall on September 12, 2014.
Jones was living in Wauchope, about 20 minutes' drive north of the coastal suburb.
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Police have identified hundreds of persons of interest in the Tyrrell investigation and Jones is one of only a few to have been publicly named.
William, who would be six-years-old, has not been found despite a $1 million reward for information.
Jones denied any involvement in William's disappearance, claiming he was 'out bush' collecting scrap metal on the day he vanished
It was only revealed last year that the little boy was in foster care at the time he went missing.
Police have ruled out the involvement of William's foster or biological parents.
Daily Mail Australia contacted Jones's lawyer and Corrective Services NSW for comment.
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