A KINGSWINFORD man has admitted charges involving the making, possession and distribution of nearly 14,000 sickening indecent photographs of children.

George Clarke, aged 59, of The Portway pleaded guilty to six charges of making a total of 13,814 indecent images of children when he faced Wolverhampton Crown Court.

He further admitted possessing 52 images of extreme pornography and three further charges involving the distribution of a total of 23 indecent images.

Judge John Warner remanded Clarke on conditional bail until December 19 for the preparation of pre-sentence and psychiatric reports.

He told Clarke he must register immediately as a sex offender and warned him the fact he wanted reports did not tie the hands of the court in any way when it came to passing sentence.

Clarke was allowed bail with a condition he has no unsupervised contact with anyone under 16 years of age, other than in the course of everyday life.

Bernard Porter, defending, told the court the reports were necessary before the case could be finalised.

Peter Grice, for the prosecution, said they would also be asking for a sexual offenders protection order to be made at the next hearing.