A FORMER press photographer will be face jail next Friday, after admitting a string of child sex offences.

Arthur Motley Page, 69, formerly of Blackburn, but now of Preston Prison, pleaded guilty to six counts of indecency with a child and three of indecent assault, all against the same female victim, when he appeared at Burnley Crown Court.

Page was remanded in custody by Recorder Anthony Russell QC.

Mark Stuart, defending, said he accepted there was no alternative to custody.

The defendant was most anxious to know his fate.

He added Page may well have been granted bail at the beginning of the case, but had remanded in custody because he knew he would be going to jail.