A man found with almost 600 indecent images of children has been jailed for three months and will then spend three years on licence.
Martin Gunn, 34, of Beech Road, Wheatley, pleaded guilty in December to possessing 596 images, which police discovered on a CD ROM following a search of his home in December 2002.
Gunn appeared at Oxford Crown Court to be sentenced.
David Lyons, defending, said it was likely Gunn would lose his job and the chances of him getting fresh employment in the near future would be hard.
Mr Lyons said Gunn acknowledged what he had done was wrong, and urged a community-based punishment so he could start getting help immediately.
Judge Mary-Jane Mowat said the case was serious enough to warrant a prison sentence.
Gunn also has to join the sex offenders' register.
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