A FORMER Dudley police officer is to appear in court charged with making indecent images of a child.

Paul Davies, aged 57, from Thoresby Croft, Dudley, will appear at Walsall Magistrates Court on Thursday January 17.

Davies was previously based in Dudley and left West Midlands Police force in June 2018.

He was arrested on 22 May 2018 and charged on Thursday December 20.