Peter Wilby – a former national newspaper editor – has been given a suspended prison sentence for viewing child abuse online.
The National Crime Agency said Wilby, 78, had 167 indecent images on his computer.
Wilby was the editor of the Independent on Sunday and New Statesman.
He admitted having viewed abuse material since the 90s and said he had a sexual interest in children.
Wilby was charged with three counts of making indecent images of children to which he later pleaded guilty, the NCA said.