A CONVICTED paedophile from Dalton has been charged after he was allegedly caught with an image of a child while serving a prison sentence.

Nathan Brian Parker, of no fixed address and formerly of Dalton, appeared before Furness Magistrates' Court yesterday.

The 23-year-old has been charged with possessing a prohibited image of a child on December 17 of last year at Preston Prison.

Parker was jailed for 14 months last November after he admitted making 259 indecent movies and photographs of children between August 14 2015 and April 2016, possessing an extreme image which portrayed intercourse with a horse, and possessing a prohibited image of a child.