A teenage girl has admitted making an indecent image of a child and inciting a girl under the age of 18 to make such photographs.

The girl, who is 17 and cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty when she appeared before magistrates in Medway.

The youngster, who lives in the Longfield area, also admitted a charge of harassing a girl under the age of 18 by creating false identities and sending messages to the girl suggesting she would be subjected to acts of violence and sexual violence at some point in the future.

Magistrates heard the girl committed the offences in Dartford between June 2012 and April last year.

They placed her on a 12-month referral order which will see her work alongside the Youth Offending Team to address her behaviour.

The teenager was also ordered to pay her victim £500 compensation and a restraining order was issued, banning her from contacting the girl or her family again.

Magistrates also ordered her to pay £85 court costs.