A 52–YEAR–OLD man has appeared in court charged with possessing indecent images of a child.

Russell Causebrook, of Southfields, Letchworth GC, appeared at Stevenage Magistrates Court on Monday accused of 18 counts of making indecent photos of a child, two counts of possessing indecent photographs of a child and one count of possessing extreme pornographic images.

He has been remanded on conditional bail and will re-appear before Stevenage magistrates on June 21.