A MILLOM man has appeared in court charged with making over one thousand indecent images of children.

Cristian Rusu, of Nelson Street, is said to have made 710 category A images - the most serious.

The 25-year-old is also alleged to have made 328 category B images and a further 268 category C images.

He faces two other counts of possessing five extreme pornographic of a person performing a sex act with a dog, as well as possessing a single prohibited image of a child.

The offences are said to have taken place in Millom between February 13 2019 and 13 May 2022.

Rusu was not asked to indicate a plea to the charges when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court on October 17.

Magistrates declined jurisdiction due to the case not being suitable for summary trial because of insufficient sentencing powers.

He was bailed to attend Preston Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing on November 14.

The conditions of his bail included not to have contact with anyone under the age of 16 and not to live or reside at a home where a child under the age of 16 is present.