Disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has said he is 'truly sorry' after after admitting accessing indecent images of children as young as seven.
Disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has said he is "truly sorry" after after admitting accessing indecent images of children as young as seven. At Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday, Edwards held his hands together and leaned forward throughout his sentencing hearing as he was handed six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years. He will have to attend 25 sessions of a sex offender programme.
"For his part in that he apologises sincerely and he makes it clear that he has the utmost regret and he recognises that he has betrayed the priceless trust and faith of so many people. "He knows he has hurt and he has damaged his family and his loved ones around him and for all of these things he is truly sorry and he is truly sorry that he has committed these offences." Seven of the indecent images shared with Edwards by Williams were of the most serious type.
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