A commuter who found court documents lying on a railway station platform says he is furious at the lack of care taken to guard them.

IT worker Grant Hodgson, 30, left the London-to-Victoria morning train to discover three sheets detailing a police interview with a suspected drug dealer.

They show the beginning of the transcript, in which the suspect is quizzed by Brighton officers over alleged ecstasy and cannabis supply offences.

An exhibit list, including bags and pills and cannabis resin, was also found.

Mr Hodgson said: "I'm amazed at the lack of care taken over these documents.

"It makes you wonder how on Earth they got their in the first place.

"The person involved has the right to have all this sort of thing kept within the courtroom.

"I handed it in as soon as I could but I don't know if anyone else saw it.

"The police didn't seem all that bothered when I told them."

A police spokesman said that as the three sheets were typed rather than handwritten they were unlikely to have been in the hands of an officer when dropped.

He added that they were due to be read out in open court.

It was part of a 43-page document to be used by the Crown Prosecution Service in a court case.

The interview took place in August. In it the male suspect answered "yeah" to four questions.

These were on whether he understood the charges, the fact the interview was being taped, the fact the evidence could be used in court and the two policemen's names.

Mr Hodgson said: "It was lucky this wasn't some big official secrets case or something.

"It's understandable losing some things, but not court documents.

"All you normally see on the platform is food wrappers and cigarette packets.

"I've never heard of anything like this in my life."