A 58-year-old man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with indecency offences involving a seven-year-old girl.

David Taylor, 58, of no fixed address, was further remanded in custody by Blackburn magistrates charged with gross indecency with a seven-year-old girl and indecently assaulting her.

He also faces accusations of taking indecent photographs of the girl and other children and possessing and distributing computer photographs of them.

Taylor, who has previously been ordered to stand trial at Preston Crown Court was remanded in custody until November 1.