A 39-year-old man from has appeared in court accused of child sex crimes.

Phillip Dawson, of Springfield Road, Wantage, has been charged with two counts of attempting to incite or cause a child to engage in sexual activity, two counts of possessing indecent images of children and 17 counts of making indecent images of children.

He has yet to enter a plea and will appear at Oxford Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on August 19.

Dawson was released on bail after a hearing at Oxford Magistrates' Court yesterday.