A Croydon Crown Court judge who made a controversial decision to ban the identification of a convicted paedophile for fear of embarrassing his family will not be reprimanded.

Judge Warwick McKinnon barred the press from identifying 45-year-old Raymond Cortis last April after he pleaded guilty to 20 charges of making and possessing indecent images of children.

However the Croydon Guardian fought the ruling and two weeks ago the High Court decreed that the gagging order should be lifted.

But despite the president of the Queen's Bench Division, Sir Igor Judge, labelling McKinnon's decision "a substantial erosion of the principle of justice", the judge will not be forced to undertake any additional training.

A spokesman for the Judicial Commmunications Office said this week: "There is no question over Judge McKinnon and his ability. The Court of Appeal ruled against his decision but there was no direct criticism of him as a judge.

"The role of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division is to determine appeals from decisions in the Crown Court and in appropriate cases to provide guidance on the interpretation of criminal law and procedure, as it did in this case, for use by the judiciary in future cases in the Crown Court and Magistrates' Courts. This is part and parcel of our legal system."

Investigators found 59 pictures on the pervert's desktop PC and a further 215 on his laptop. The man pleaded guilty last Monday to 20 charges of making and possessing indecent images of children.

At the initial hearing for Cortis, prosecutor Kate Blumgate told Croydon Crown Court the photos were of a high level of obscenity.

Cortis was caught with 59 over 300 indecent images of children, some which were as young as four-years-old.

He was rumbled when a colleague working at his home found the photos.

At the time Judge McKinnon described the images as "revolting and repulsive" but only handed him a community sentence and banned the press from identifying him.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: "We will take action against judges if complaints are made against them and if people feel it necessary to do that then they are within their rights.

"However judges have very difficult decisions to make and if people don't like what a judge has done then procedures are in place for something to be done. "

"As stated in the Press Complaints Commission guidance, judges cannot comment on the reasons for their decisions beyond the reasons they have set out in open court."