A RYEDALE man has pleaded guilty to indecent images of children offences.

Simon David Halliday, 45, from Rillington, was arrested by North Yorkshire Police’s Online Abuse and Exploitation Team on Thursday morning.

Following questioning, he was charged on Thursday evening with the following offences:

• Making indecent pseudo-photographs of children (eight in the most extreme Category A)

• Making indecent pseudo-photographs of children (19 in Category B)

• Making indecent pseudo-photographs of children (60 in Category C)

• Breaching a sexual risk order issued by Hull Magistrates’ Court in August 2012 (deleting internet history without permission of his risk management officer)

Halliday pleaded guilty at York Magistrates’ Court this morning. He is due at York Crown Court for sentencing on February 12.