A MAN has appeared in court accused of having sex with a girl under 16 and taking indecent pictures of a child.

Mark Andrew Beckley, 48, of no fixed address, appeared at Southampton Magistrates’ Court facing two charges of having sex with a girl between 13 and 15 years old in Eastleigh and three charges of taking an indecent photograph of a child.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Norwich Crown Court on October 9.