The former BBC presenter was given a suspended sentence for 'making' indecent images of children as young as seven after he pleaded guilty earlier this year.
Huw Edwards was handed down a suspended sentence in court on Monday after he previously pleaded guilty to three counts of 'making' indecent images of children. The ex-BBC presenter was sent 41 illegal images between December 2020 and August 2021 by a paedophile he paid £1,500. Seven of these images fell into the most serious category.
He continued: 'I am of the clear view that you do not present a risk or danger to the public at large, specifically to children. 'There is a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.' The judge also said that Edwards was of 'previous good character' and, until now, had been 'very highly regarded by the public' - whom to many he had broken the news of the late Queen's death.
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