A former scout leader from Chessington has denied making indecent images of children.

David Ashton, 59, of Selwood Road, appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court today, and pleaded not guilty to six counts of making pornographic photographs and videos of children between January and May 2014.

Three of the images Mr Ashton is alleged to have made are of the most serious category A type, meaning they show a child engaging in penetrative sexual activity and/or involved sexual activity with an animal or sadism.

There were also allegedly three category B images depicting children involved in non-penetrative sexual activity.

At Wimbledon Magistrates' Court, prosecutor Mary Atere said that some of the images purportedly found by police showed “a boy aged five to six being raped” and searches such as “little boy tied” were also supposedly found on his computer.

Mr Ashton was released on bail under the condition that he does not have any unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18.

He will appear in Kingston Crown Court on June 10.