A Thornton Heath man has appeared in court charged with possessing child pornography involving a dog.

Ahmed Samir Bakr, 18, is accused of a string of child sex offences said to have taken place in March and April last year.

They include allegations he sent an image of two adults engaging in oral sex to a 15-year-old girl "for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification".

The teenager is also accused of possessing a number pornographic images involving children - including one involving a small boy and a dog.

Another is said to show image of a teenage girl, aged approximately 13, engaged in a sex act with a man.

Mr Bakr, of Northwood Road, appeared at Croydon Crown Court via video-link from Thameside prison yesterday and pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.

Speaking through an Arabic interpreter, he said: "I swear to God, I didn't know anything about these things."

He is due to stand trial in May.

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