EXTREME animal porn and pornographic images of children were found in the possession of a Herefordshire teenager, a court has heard.

William Ryan entered guilty pleas to six charges when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard from prosecutor Mark Hambling that Ryan had been in possession of three extreme pornographic images, portraying an act involving a person and dogs, which were grossly offensive, disgusting, or otherwise of an obscene nature in Ledbury between May 25, 2009, and November 23, 2022.

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He had made 691 category A, 698 category B, and 1,946 category C indecent still and moving images of a child between May 25, 2009, and August 12, 2021, He had also been in possession of two prohibited images of a child in Ledbury between May 25, 2009, and November 23, 2022.

The 19-year-old had also distributed category A indecent moving images of children in Ledbury between January 1, 2020, and August 12, 2021, the court heard.

The case sent to the crown court for sentencing and Ryan, who is of Monkhide, Herefordshire, was ordered to register with police until the case was dealt with.

He will appear before Worcester crown court for sentencing on March 1.

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