A middle-aged man from Worcester Park has pleaded guilty to making over 750 indecent ‘moving and still images’ of children and possessing sexually explicit images of humans and animals.

John Crawford Platt, 43, of Washington Road, was charged with making a total of 767 indecent moving and still images of children. Of these, 521 are listed as the most serious category, ‘Category A’, which includes penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal or sadism.

Platt also pleaded guilty to possessing 31 moving and still extreme pornographic images which realistically and explicitly portrayed people performing an act of sexual intercourse with live animals.

Platt entered his guilty plea at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Thursday, January 5. His sentencing date at Kingston Crown Court has not yet been set.