A 33-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with child pornography offences.

Paul Slater, of no fixed address, was sent in custody to Preston Crown Court on three charges of making indecent images, including 66 at the highest level, possessing 169 indecent images of children, possessing a prohibited image of a child, an offence under the Coroners and Justices Act 2009, and possessing an extreme pornographic image showing intercourse with a live cat. He will appear at the crown court on May 30.