A SKIPTON man has been sent to crown court to face charges of possessing and distributing indecent images of children and of one extreme pornographic image.

Jordan Leigh Courtney, 18, of Cawder Road, is charged with two charges of distributing indecent images of a child on September 3 and September 28 last year.

He also faces ten charges of making an indecent photograph of a child between October 29, 2013 and October 30 last year, and one of possessing an indecent images of a child, between October 29, 2013 and October 30, last year.

He is further accused of possessing an extreme pornographic image between October 29 and October 30, last year.

Courtney appeared at Skipton Magistrates' Court when he was sent to Bradford Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on June 24.