A CHILDREN'S football and P.E. coach, who worked as a freeland in the Chippenham area, appeared in court today charged with internet sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl.

Philip William Boore, 35, of Dover Street, is accused of encouraging the girl to expose her breasts and perform sex during webcam sessions that lasted three to four hours.

Boore gave no indication as to plea when he appeared on bail at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court, where he was sent to Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on July 29 after jurisdiction was declined due to the seriousness of the charges.

Boore is accused of sending intimate images of himself to the girl, who lives in south-west London, and is also said to have exchanged mobile phone numbers with her and contacted her through the internet.

He is charged with two counts of causing or inciting a child, between May 1 and July 31, last year, to engage in sexual activity and one count of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.

He is also charged with possessing extreme pornography between the same dates - namely material said to depict acts involving people and animals.