A MALVERN councillor has appeared in court on charges of child pornography.

Julian Roskams, aged 53, of Worcester Road, Malvern, has been charged with six counts of making an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child and one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image.

He was granted conditional bail at Worcester Magistrates Court today (February 18) on the following conditions: - No unsupervised contact with children under 16 unless supervised by a person approved by social services.

- To live and sleep at Poolbrook Road, Malvern.

- Only to access the internet on a device which has the capability to store internet history which must not be deleted and the device must be made available to police on request.

- Not to undertake employment, paid or unpaid, that leads to access to children.

- To surrender his passport to the police.

- To report to Worcester Police Station between 6pm and 8pm on Monday and Friday every week.

Roskams, who is a district and town councillor and former Mayor of Malvern, will appear at Worcester Crown Court on Monday, March 20.