A WALNEY man has been accused of possessing thousands of indecent images of children. 

Joshua Leslie Nicolas, of Kennett Road, is due to appear before Furness Magistrates this afternoon. All offences are said to have taken place on June 24, last year. 

The 23-year-old is charged with making 279 indecent photographs of children of category B, 2,681 of category A, B and C, 495 of category B, taking an indecent photograph of a child and possessing 1,906 indecent images of category C.