A NORTHWICH man has pleaded guilty to several charges including possessing grossly offensives images depicting bestiality.

Charles Cuff, of Drillfield Road, was appearing at Chester Crown Court on Friday, October 22, where he also admitted to downloading thousands of indecent images of children.

Cuff also pleaded guilty to a charge of voyeurism and will be sentenced in November.

The 56-year-old had a total of 2,757 category C images of children, which he had downloaded between September 2015 and December 2019.

Between the same period, Cuff had also downloaded eight category B images of children and five in the most serious, category A.

He also pleaded guilty to possessing five extremely pornographic images depicting bestiality, deemed to be 'grossly offensive', 'disgusting' or 'of an obscene character'.

The defendant also offered a guilty plea to a charge of voyeurism, which related to images being taken over a two year period for his own sexual gratification.

Despite pleading guilty to all seven charges, Cuff was remanded on conditional bail until he is sentenced at the same court on November 15.