A 43-YEAR-OLD Oswaldtwistle man appeared before Blackburn magistrates on child internet pornography charges.

Jason Limb pleaded guilty to 17 charges of possessing and making indecent images of children found on a computer at his home.

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Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said a “vast” number of images were discovered including 121 stills and 200 video clips of Category A, the most serious kind.

She said some of the children in the material “were described as being in distress and pain”.

Limb, of Heron Way, Oswaldtwistle, was sent on bail to Burnley Crown Court to be sentenced.

He will appear at the Crown Court on August 26.