A MAN charged with making indecent images of children has appeared in court.

Dean Shaw, of Rowland Street South, Atherton appeared at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, September 29.

Shaw, 47, is charged with making 30,446 Category C photographs of a child between August 2011 and April 2018.

He is also charged with making 10 Category B indecent photographs and one Category A indecent photograph.

The case was sent to Bolton Crown Court where Shaw will next appear.

He was given unconditional bail until his next scheduled appearance on October 26.