A Watford man has pleaded guilty to arranging child pornography and to possessing more than 75,000 child sex abuse images.

Paul Jackson, 65 and of Essex Road, was charged with a range of offences dating from November 2005 to May this year.

Jackson appeared at St Albans crown court via a video link from Bedford jail this morning.

He pleaded guilty to 26 charges including one of arranging child pornography, seven of distributing Category C images of a child, six of making indecent images of a child in the form of movies, four of possessing indecent images, two of possessing prohibited images of a child, three of possessing extreme pornography and three of possessing indecent printed images of children.

Judge Andrew Bright QC adjourned sentence until October 16 for reports to be prepared.

Jackson was remanded in custody.