A MAN has appeared in court accused of possessing indecent images of children and of a person performing a sex act with an animal.

David Anthony Wilkinson, 48, of Cobden Street, Dalton, denied three charges when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court.

He is accused of making indecent photographs between January 1 and March 8 2018. He is also charged with possessing ‘extreme animal porn’ involving a person and a cow, dog, chicken and a pony and will appear at Preston Crown Court on October 11.