A TEENAGER from Walney is due in court accused of making indecent images of children.

Joshua Joseph Ferguson, of Cote Ley Crescent on Walney, has been charged with four offences relating to indecent images of children.

The 18-year-old is accused of making three Category A indecent images of children; five Category C indecent images of children; two Category B indecent images of children; and possessing four Category C indecent images of children.

Indecent images are categorised by A-C, with A being the most serious.

The offences are alleged to have taken place in Barrow between November 1 of 2015 and August 27 of last year.

Ferguson is due to appear at Furness Magistrates' Court in Barrow on Tuesday.