A MAN is due to appear in court accused of a string of offences relating to indecent images of children and animals.
Timothy John Lovatt has been charged with making 638 Category A indecent images of children, 335 Category B images, 607 Category C images, possessing 1,580 indecent images of children, distributing 7,101 images, possessing a prohibited image of a child and possessing an extreme pornographic image which depicts a person having sex with live animals.
Indecent images are categorised from A to C, with A being the most serious in nature.
The 57-year-old, of Park Cliffe Campsite in Windermere, is due to appear at Furness Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
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