Ex-BBC Presenter Huw Edwards Given Suspended Sentence for Child Sex Abuse Images

Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment suspended for two years for accessing indecent images of children. Edwards was sentenced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, after he pleaded guilty in July to “making” indecent images after being sent 41 illegal images of children over WhatsApp, some of which involved a child as young as 7. The 62-year-old will be subject to 25 rehabilitation sessions and will be placed on the sex offender treatment programme for 40 days, the judge said. In his sentence, District Judge Paul Goldspring said Edwards was of previous good character and “until now you were very highly regarded by the public” being “perhaps the most recognised newsreader-journalist.”...