A paedophile police officer who was sentenced to life in prison lost his appeal on Thursday.
BBC NewsLewis Edwards refused to go to his three-day sentencing hearing last year and did not attend his appeal against his life sentencefor grooming more than 200 underage girls has lost an appeal to change his sentence.encouraged girls aged between 10 and 16 to send him degrading pictures and videos of themselvesThe ex-South Wales Police constable admitted more than 150 offences and was given 13 life sentences with a minimum term of 12 years for the most serious charges last October.
Edwards, formerly of Heol Ty Cribwr, Cefn Glas, Bridgend, previously pleaded guilty to 161 offences, including blackmail, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, making a child watch a sex act, demanding indecent images of children, and making indecent images of children. Cardiff Crown Court heard last year he threatened to bomb the house of one victim and shoot her parents if she stopped sending him images, with many victims self-harming, feeling suicidal and developing anxiety and depression as a result of Edwards's offending.
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