A former hotel manager has been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography.

Chris Melton worked at the White Hart in Dorchester-on-Thames, where he was arrested as part of a Metropolitan Police investigation last March.

The 25-year-old, formerly of Nuneham Courtenay, is jointly charged with 25-year-old Ben Smith, from Orpington, Kent, who also faces one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

The pair are due to appear before magistrates in London on February 10.