Antonio Dimascio dialled 999 when he started experiencing leg pain on December 7, 2018.
They took the 56-year-old to hospital for treatment, but also reported him to the police.
Officers then searched Dimascio’s home, seizing the images, some of which had been printed at a local supermarket.
A number of electrical devices were also seized.
In a police interview, Dimascio admitted printing some of the images at home and others at a self-service facility at a local supermarket.
On Friday (November 13), at Cambridge Crown Court he was given an 18-month community order, a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, placed on the Sex Offenders Register for five years and ordered to complete 30 days of rehabilitation activity requirement