A man accused of smuggling a mobile phone into Kirkham Prison and taking a picture of an inmate in the jail has made his first appearance at court.

Mark Weyer, a 31-year-old father, of West Cliff Terrace, Preston, faces an offence of taking a prohibited article into the prison and taking a photograph inside the jail without permission.

The offences are alleged to have taken place on October 21 last year when Weyer visited the prison.

Blackpool magistrates agreed to adjourn Weyer's case after he told them he wanted to give instructions to his own lawyer.