Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to three counts of making indecent images of children, accepting all charges against him.
It is reported that the former BBC presenter, 62, admitted to having 41 indecent images of children on WhatsApp, seven of which fell under Category A - the most serious classification. Of the category A images, the estimated age of most of the children was between 13 and 15, but one was aged between seven and nine, the court was told.
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 41 were indecent images of children. The indecent images that were sent included seven category A, the worst, 12 category B, and 22 category C. The final indecent image, a film of a young male, was sent in August 2021, with the presenter telling the man not to send any more illegal images, the court was told.
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