A Worle man has escaped jail after pleading guilty to downloading images of child abuse.

Russell Parsley of Taunton Road was found to have over 500 photos on his computer when it was seized in May 2011 - as part of an investigation into a hacked recipe website, which hid the images.

The 51 year old's been ordered to attend an internet sex offenders programme and has been banned from using a computer for certain activities.