A man from Merton has pleaded guilty to making nearly 10,000 indecent images of children.

Daniel Dunn, of Trinity Road in Merton, entered the guilty pleas yesterday (May 11) at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court to making over a thousand category A images, the most severe kind, 1,609 category B images and 6,761 category C images.

The 42-year-old has been committed to Kingston Crown Court for sentencing.

A date has not yet been fixed for sentencing.