A bus company driving instructor collected hundreds of horrific indecent images of children on computers.

Barry Catlin, 46, had 549 perverted pictures when he was caught by police after he emailed another suspected paedophile who officers were investigating.

Yesterday he was jailed for 15 months and was banned from working or being alone with children.

He was also banned from having a computer for personal use for ten years, although he can use a computer for work or in a public library, and must sign on the sex offenders’ register for ten years.

Catlin, of Bonchurch Road, Brighton, who worked as a driving instructor for Brighton and Hove Bus Company, admitted 19 offences of making, distributing and possessing indecent images between June 2005 and December last year.

He was caught by detectives investigating another case of indecent images who discovered material sent by Catlin to a suspect.