A St John Ambulance leader who molested two young cadets has been jailed for downloading child porn from the internet.

Keith Barnett, 53, a divisional superintendent for the Hastings area, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in November last year after being convicted by a jury at Lewes Crown Court of three charges of indecent assault.

In the latest hearing at Hove Crown Court he admitted 15 charges of making indecent photographs of young boys between September and December 2001.

He was sentenced to three months in jail to run concurrently with the sentence he is already serving.

The court heard the indecent pictures came to light after police searched his home in Glenleigh Park Road, Bexhill.

Julian Woodbridge, prosecuting, said the pictures had been deleted but were found in a file by a computer expert.

Mr Woodbridge said during the trial on the indecency charges the court had heard how Barnett molested a ten-year-old boy during a "stripping game" at his home.

An 18-year-old cadet was also indecently assaulted during a first aid practice.

Barnett has been placed on the sex offenders' register for life.