Ex-BBC Newsreader Huw Edwards Pleads Guilty to Making Indecent Images of Children

Published on July 31, 2024

Ex-BBC newsreader Huw Edwards on Wednesday pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London heard the 62-year-old journalist admit to committing three offences between December 2020 and April 2022. Edwards had 41 photographs on the messaging app WhatsApp, with seven being category A images—the most serious kind—mostly of children aged 13 to 15. Twelve category B pictures and 22 category C images were also found on Edwards’s WhatsApp account. According to prosecutors, there were also moving images of a young child, around the age of 7 to 9. Arrest and Charges Edwards was arrested on Nov. 8, 2023 and was charged with making indecent images of children in June. He resigned from the BBC in April on medical grounds....

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