An architect who admitted sharing child porn has been struck off the register.

Paul Zara, who was involved in refurbishment of Embassy Court, Brighton, was convicted of five offences, including distributing an indecent category A video of a child and making indecent photographs of children.

The offences happened between May 2019 and March 2023.

The 63-year-old also worked on the Saltdean Lido when he worked at Conran and Partners.

Zara, of Burton Walk, Hove, admitted the charges at Brighton Magistrates' Court in January. He was given a 16-month jail sentence suspended for two years.

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On August 28, the Architects Registration Board's professional conduct committee ruled to erase Zara from the register. 

While it was deemed the crime he was convicted of had "no material relevance to his fitness to practise as an architect", the admitted allegation could diminish the reputation of architects.

The Architects Registration Board said: "The admitted allegation has the potential to diminish both the Registered Person’s reputation and that of the profession generally and therefore the parties agree that the Registered Person’s conduct is sufficiently serious to require the imposition of a disciplinary order.

"In light of the very serious nature of the convictions the parties agree that the imposition of an erasure order is an appropriate and proportionate disciplinary order to impose."