A 19-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with internet incitement charges involving teenage girls.

Joshua Newton, of Reed Street, Burnley, faces a total of 25 charges involving girls aged between 13 and 15.

They include charges of inciting a 13-year-old girl to expose herself, inciting a 13-year-old girl urinate in a cup and drink it, inciting a 14-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity with a dog and several charges of attempting to cause a child to look at images of people engaging in sexual activity.

He was sent on bail to Burnley Crown Court where he will appear on September 27.