The Welsh news reader, 62, pleaded guilty to 'making' indecent photographs, with seven of the 41 being of the most serious type, at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
BBC chief Tim Davie is set to be hauled in for urgent talks with ministers in the wake of disgraced presenter Huw Edwards admitting to accessing indecent photographs of children.
Following Edwards' guilty plea, the BBC claimed it would have dismissed the presenter 'immediately' if he was charged while still an employee at the corporation. Despite the admission, questions were still circulating within the BBC about what bosses knew and when, and whether the star was given preferential treatment.
July 7, 2023 - The Sun published its exclusive which alleged that a BBC star, unnamed at the time, paid £35,000 for sexual content to someone beginning when they were 17. But a lawyer acting on behalf of the young person told The Sun there was 'no truth' to the claims.July 11, 2023 - Director-general of the BBC Tim Davie defends the delay in speaking to the BBC presenter.
Both the Crown Prosecution Service and Scotland Yard are also facing secrecy allegations over the handling of Edwards's arrest and charge. In April, the Mail received information that Edwards had been arrested and asked the Metropolitan Police whether there had been an update in any investigation, but was told there had been 'no updates in relation to this matter'. Edwards had in fact been arrested last November.
This case is entirely separate to the allegations first made by The Sun last July that saw him suspended from the BBC over claims he had paid a young man he met initially through social media for pictures.An internal note sent to BBC staff last night, co-signed by bosses including director-general Tim Davie and chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness, said they were 'appalled' by news of Edwards's guilty plea and there was 'no place for such behaviour'.
He was paid up to £479,999 in the 12 months to the end of March and was also given a bumper pay rise of about £40,000 in the year, making him the third highest paid star at the corporation behind Gary Lineker and Zoe Ball. Read MoreBREAKING NEWS Secret justice for celebrities? BBC admits it KNEW Huw Edwards had been arrested on serious offences Just this week, the corporation would not reveal if it had been aware of his arrest in November. But it tried to defend its actions in a statement last night.
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