A FORMER police officer has admitted to making indecent images of a child.

Paul Davies, aged 57, from Thoresby Croft, Dudley, pleaded guilty to making five indecent images of a child at Walsall Magistates' Court this morning (January 17).

Davies admitted to committing the crime between March 12 and April 15 2018.

He was previously the Young Persons Officer at Dudley Police but left the West Midlands Police force in June 2018.

Davies, who was arrested on 22 May 2018 and charged on Thursday December 20, was given bail and will reappear at Walsall Magistrates' Court on February 7.