A 33-year-old Felixstowe man has admitted downloading thousands of pornographic images of children and animals.

Thomas Eacott, of Queen's Road, Felixstowe, pleaded guilty to downloading the indecent images when he appeared before Suffolk magistrates in Ipswich on Friday.

Suffolk police found 725 indecent images of the most serious kind - category A - on an Apple Mac computer as well as 293 videos of that level on October 13, 2020.

A further 568 category B images and 202 videos were found along with 3,826 category C images and 84 videos.

Officers also discovered 5,177 prohibited images of children and 119 extreme pornographic images involving animals.

Eacott will be sent to Ipswich Crown Court for sentencing after he admitted six charges of making indecent images, two counts of possessing prohibited images of children and two further offences of possessing extreme pornographic images.

Magistrates ordered a pre-sentence report from the Probation Service and made Eacott subject to interim notification requirements, while also granting unconditional bail ahead of sentencing.