A FORMER teacher today admitted downloading hundreds of indecent images of children.

Sixty-one-year-old Dewi Wyn Jones pleaded guilty to 12 charges of making indecent images and one of possessing indecent images.

Liverpool Crown Court heard that a total of 826 images were found in all categories of seriousness including 110 in the two most serious groups.

The offences took place between July 2009 and September 2012.

Jones, of Dunlin Avenue, Newton-le-Willows, was further remanded on bail to await sentence on February 24.