A 37-year-old paedophile, who sexually abused 276 children, will spend the next 60 years paying for his crimes in prison, a court has ruled.

Colombian Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre used the alias ‘Big Bad Wolf’ to share sickening images and videos of his abuse online.

Sánchez Latorre had been on the run for five years until he was arrested in Venezuela with a fake identity card a year ago.

He was extradited back to Colombia to face trial where he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 276 boys and girls, all 14 years old or under.

A court in the city of Barranquilla heard how Latorre committed the crimes in 2007-08.

Prosecutors also said he approached his victims online and met them at shopping centres, offering them money and sweets in exchange for sex, before abusing them at his home.

Sanchez Latorre raped his victims then photographed and recorded them to sell the images online outside Colombia, newspaper El Heraldo, which is based in the city of Barranquilla, reports.

Victims who refused were often attacked by Latorre, prosecutors said.

After five years on the run, Latorre was eventually arrested in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela.

It is believed he committed other crimes while in the country.

Latorre was extradited to Colombia in September 2018, where he will now serve out his sentence.

Neighbours of Latorre said they never once suspected that he could be a dangerous paedophile.