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A 55-year-old man is accused of possessing footage involving a donkey engaged in a sex act with a child.

Billy Charlton will appear at Sunderland Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, February 19, to face four charges.

It is claimed that Charlton was found in possession of indecent material in Washington last June.

That material, according to court papers, allegedly included a video where a child and donkey engaged in a sex act.

Among the footage, claim prosecutors, is material showing someone engaging in a sex act with a dog while the accused, currently residing in Morpeth, is also alleged to have possessed a clip showing a child being abused.

Other material allegedly found included extreme pornographic material showing an act which could likely cause "serious injury".

The defendant is accused of making an incident photograph or a pseudo-photograph of a child, as well as distributing an incident photograph or a pseudo-photograph of a child.

He's also accused of possessing extreme pornographic images portraying an act of intercourse, or oral sex, with an animal, as well as extreme pornographic images portraying an act which is likely to result in serious injury to a person's private parts.

The case is listed for the morning.