Man charged with making indecent pictures of children

Zak Fairhurst, of Gadbury Fold, is accused of having 14 category A photos - those deemed the gravest images of abuse - plus 18 category B and 17 category C in October 2018. Wigan justices ordered the 22-year-old appear before a Bolton judge on March 24.

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