A man who has admitted downloading indecent images of children will appear at Swansea Crown Court next month.

Fifty-one-year-old Paul Hawthorn, formerly of Guilderoy Road, Hundleton, now living in Inverness, appeared at Haverfordwest magistrates court on Tuesday to plead guilty to three offences which took place in Pembroke between May, 2010 and December 2018.

The court heard that 13 of the images were in the most serious Category A, with nine in Category B and 487 in Category C.

The defendant who was released on unconditional bail was made subject to a sexual offences notification and required to register with his local police station in accordance with the Sexual Offences Act 2003 for a period that will be specified when the case has been dealt with

Mr. Hawthorn was ordered to appear at Swansea crown court on December 13 for his next hearing.