In early 2018, convicted paedophile Alex Williams made contact with the newsreader and they exchanged sexual images for more than four years.
Former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards' sick double life has been revealed after he dodged jail time for accessing indecent images of children. The formerly respected broadcaster was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for two years, after admitting to his crimes.
Edwards described some of the abuse images as "amazing" and "hot", Westminster Magistrates Court heard today. Hope added: "From that chat in December 2020, Alex Williams said that he had 'a file of vids and pics for you of someone special'. Mr Edwards immediately queried who the subject was and was then sent three images of seemingly the same person, from two of which images the subject's age could be discerned as being between 14 and 16.
Despite the many disturbing conversations laid bare in court, the prosecution underlined that they only had a glimpse of the communications between Edwards and Williams, as there were file-sharing links used. Prosecutor Hope said: "We only have the WhatsApp chat. We cannot see what was in any Dropbox links that were sent."
The former couple share five adult children - three sons and two daughters. Edwards is said to have moved out of his family home in south London and now resides in another property in the capital.
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