DAVE Vickers got a real eyeful from a digital camera he bought from a Cleveleys store.

For on closer inspection, dad-of-three, Dave, 37, of Riversway, Layton, found the camera's memory card was already loaded - with stacks of porno pics.

He paid Argos £130 to buy the hi-tech Konica Digital Revio for wife Michelle, 39, a trainee teacher who wanted to use the camera for some course work.

But sales rep Dave got more than he bargained for when he tried to set it up and discovered the saucy snaps.

"I couldn't believe it," said Dave, "I was sat on the sofa with my three-year-old daughter trying to get the camera set up when this picture popped up.

"I had to hide the camera away from her. Being a kid she wanted to take a look.

"When we finally got the children up to bed we took another look. The memory card was full of these dirty pictures.

"There were pictures of a man and a woman and in some you can clearly see the woman's face. I don't know who she is.

"I took the camera back to Argos and they denied it had been out of the shop before, but it must have.

"I think someone must have returned it and forgot to clear the memory card. Then the store forgot to check it.

"You can delete the pictures at a touch of a button.

"It's really not on. I paid a lot of money for what is effectively a second-hand camera," he added.

The couple have three children, Jade, 14, Amy 13, and 10-year-old David.

Dave said: "I'm annoyed that the children could have seen those pictures.

"We were planning to wire the camera up to the computer. What if these pictures had flashed up on the screen?

"It was lucky that the porn only appeared on the tiny screen on the back of the camera.

"I took the camera back to the store and they offered me my money back, but that isn't good enough.

"I want to know how they got on to what is supposed to be a brand new camera."

A spokesman for Argos said: "We would like to apologise to Mr Vickers and his family for the distress caused.

"We are waiting for the camera to be returned by Mr Vickers so that we can investigate how this has happened.

"We have offered him a free camera of a similar value and a full refund."