Description
Michael John Edward Bunker was caught with 11,710 still images and 427 video clips of children.
These ranged from category A - the most serious - to category C.
Appearing before Southampton Crown Court he was charged with three counts of making indecent photographs of children and a single count of possessing to show indecent photographs of a child.
The 57-year-old of Leigh Road, Eastleigh, pleaded guilty to the offences that happened between 2018 and 2020.
He was jailed for two years, suspended for 24-months.
He must complete 40 rehabilitation activity days and 100 hours of unpaid work.
Bunker has been made the subject of a ten-year sexual harm prevention order and will have to register as a sex offender for the same period