A 52-YEAR-OLD Cleobury Mortimer man has appeared in court charged with making indecent pictures of children.

Stephen Hurst, of High Street, pleaded guilty to making a total of 4,531 indecent images of children of different categories between October 29 2010 and July 13 2014; 20 category A moving images, 20 category B moving images, a further 24 category B moving images, 2,455 category C indecent photographs, and 2,012 category C moving images.

Hurst pleaded guilty to five counts of making indecent images of children when he appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday, September 24.

Chairman of the magistrates Richard Packer sent the case to Worcester Crown Court for sentencing on October 23.