A MAN charged with a string of indecency and child pornography will be sent to Crown Court.

Roy Kenneth Ingham, 43, of Berkeley Street, Brierfield, is charged with 14 counts of gross indecency against children and two offences of possessing indecent photographs of children.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between August 2000 and October 2002, many in the Towneley Park area of Burnley.

Ingham appeared before magistrates yesterday and was remanded in custody until he appears before magistrates against on May 16 for committal proceedings