A PENSIONER who copied a notorious child porn film has been spared a jail sentence.

Brian Parker, of Kidderminster, insisted to police he found the Vicky CD rom in a box of videos he bought at a car boot sale.

Prosecutor Michael Conry said it showed an 11-year-old girl abused by a relative, which was posted on the internet for paedophiles to view.

Two of the images found at 70-year-old Parker's home in Whittall Drive West, Birchen Coppice, showed scenes of sadism, Worcester Crown Court heard.

Parker admitted copying the CD rom in July, 2004. He was arrested after police raided his home last year.

He admitted five counts of making indecent photographs of children by copying and asked for 10 similar offences to be taken into consideration.

Judge Bruce Coles warned he had come "very close" to a prison sentence to reflect society's "abhorrence and disgust" at such crimes but he was able to draw back due to Parker's age, health problems and his low risk of reoffending.

He was given a three-year community rehabilitation order with a condition that he attend a sex offenders' programme run by the probation service.

Parker must also register as a sex offender for five years and is banned from having contact with children under 18.

Mr Conry said the defendant told police he had no interest in child porn but admitted he had invited women to pose for him naked.

Former building worker, Parker, had copied the images while "messing around" with new technology, said Tim Sapwell, defending, when he should have handed them in to police. He had not bought them or downloaded them from the internet.

Publicity about the case had caused him to be banned from his local social club and he had been vilified by his community.