A MAN has appeared in court accused of inciting a teenage girl to engage in sexual activity.

Christopher Blacklock, 32, appeared at Workington Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to face one charge of causing or inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity.  

The offence is alleged to have taken place in Cumbria in March 2023.

The case was sent to Carlisle Crown Court with a plea and trial preparation hearing set for June 10.

Blacklock, of Derby Road, Preston, was granted bail with conditions not to contact eight named individuals or to have any unsupervised contact with a child under 16.