A 20-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with possessing nearly 900 indecent images of children and an extreme pornographic image of a dog.

Louis Knaggs, of Weston Houses, Endmoor, is due to appear in court accused of possessing 869 indecent images of children between May 18, 2014 and June 10, 2021.

Knaggs is accused of making 270 category A images of a child, 208 category B images and 391 category C images.

He is also charged with distributing indecent images of children between May 2 and 18, 2021 in Kendal.

He has been further charged with possessing an extreme pornographic image of a dog.

Knaggs is due to appear in South Cumbria Magistrates' Court today.