A PENSIONER will stand trial accused of downloading thousands of pornographic images, including many of the most depraved kind.

Raymond Johnson, of Sandown Road, Lake, denied three charges of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children, one of possessing a prohibited image of a child and another of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a dog, at the Isle of Wight Crown Court on Monday.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between April 6, 2015, and May 1 last year.

The 73-year-old will stand trial the week commencing May 4, 2021, at the Isle of Wight Crown Court.