Huw Edwards, the BBC’s highest-paid newsreader – he earned between £475,000 and £479,999 in 2023-24 – is facing 10 years in jail after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children, which included two sexual videos of a boy under nine. The Mail has more.
The disgraced BBC News star, 62, kept seven category ‘A’ images of the very worst kind on his phone after being sent them on WhatsApp by another paedophile.
The sick stash of 41 child porn images showed youngsters aged between seven and 14, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.
He remained emotionless as he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, between December 2020 and August 2022.
His admission now leaves the former news star’s glittering four-decade career in tatters – and he faces up to 10 years in jail.
Edwards was arrested on November 8th last year and charged on June 26th. He resigned from his £475,000-a-year role at BBC three months ago having kept news of his arrest a “secret” from pals, former colleagues said.
The father-of-five moved out of the family home in Dulwich after separating from his TV producer wife, Vicky Flind.
Surrounded by eight police officers, Edwards arrived at Westminster Magistrates’ Court wearing black sunglasses, a blue tie, white shirt and navy-blue suit.
There were scenes of pandemonium as he made his way through the media melee to the court building, with photographers tripping to the floor to take photos of the sex predator – while protesters yelled at him.
Edwards, of Wandsworth, southwest London, spoke to confirm his date of birth, address and admit the three charges.
After entering his pleas, the disgraced newsreader sat staring into the distance, with his head tilted slightly upwards, and adjusted his tie as Ian Hope, prosecuting, laid out the case against him.
The court heard that Edwards had been involved in online chat with an adult man on WhatsApp between December 2020 and August 2021, who sent him 377 sexual images, of which 44 were indecent images of children.
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