A MAN accused of making hundreds of indecent images of children has appeared in court.
Thomas Michael James Barker is alleged to have made a total of 426 indecent photographs.
The 40-year-old is said to have made the photos between March 31 and June 18 last year.
South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court heard the defendant is alleged to have made 211 of the most serious, category A images of children.
The defendant, of Hope Street in Barrow, gave no plea to the charges and will appear at Preston Crown Court on May 14.
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