A MAN appeared in court today (Friday) charged with possessing and making indecent images of children.

Oliver Clark, 37, of Bude Crescent, Stevenage, appeared in Stevenage Magistrates’ Court on 21 charges.

They consist of three counts of possessing indecent photographs of a child, 17 counts of making indecent photographs of a child, and one count of possessing extreme images portraying an act of intercourse with an animal.

Clark indicated a guilty plea, and was released on bail. He will appear at Cambridge Crown Court at a later date for sentencing.