A BURY man has been given a 12-month community order for possessing indecent images.

Sixty-one year-old Gary Styles, of Thirlmere Drive, Redvales, pleaded guilty to the offence, involving six category C images.

Styles was ordered by Manchester magistrates to undertake 100 hours community service and participate in 16 rehabilitation activity days.

A sexual harm prevention order, lasting five years, was also imposed by magistrates.

This will place limitations on his internet usage and restrict his association with female children aged under 18.