A Dudley Labour councillor has appeared in court charged with taking pornographic pictures of a child.

Wordsley Labour councillor Derrick Hemingsley, aged 57, appeared before Walsall magistrates (Thursday January 12) – accused of taking 90 indecent pictures of the child.

The 57-year-old, of Penzer Street, Kingswinford, was granted conditional bail and the case was committed to Wolverhampton Crown Court where he is due to appear on February 9.

Mr Hemingsley was also a governor at Belle Vue Primary School in Wordsley.