A MAN has pleaded not guilty to six charges relating to indecent images of children and extreme pornography.

Judson Morris, 37, of Nightingale Farm, Main Street, Bishampton, near Pershore, appeared at Worcester Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

He faced six charges including: having 362 level A, 271 level B and 2,975 level C indecent photographs of a child; possessing 45 extreme pornographic images portraying an act of intercourse or oral sex with a dead or alive animal which are grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character; and distributing level A indecent images of children.

The alleged offences of having the indecent images of children and possessing extreme pornography took place in Pershore on Tuesday, August 18.

The two alleged offences of distributing indecent images of children took place in Worcester on July 11 and 19.

Morris will face trial at Worcester Crown Court on Monday, March 14.

He has been granted bail on the condition that he has no unsupervised contact with children under the age of 18 unless during the course of everyday life.