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Former BBC Anchor Huw Edwards Avoids Jail, Ordered to Complete Sex Offender Treatment Program for Making Indecent Images of Children


Huw Edwards has been sentenced after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children.

Huw Edwards has been handed a suspended prison sentence of six months after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children. Edwards, who was once the highest paid news anchor at the BBC, first appeared in court back in July where he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. However, the offence is considered “strict liability” in the U.K., meaning that even if Edwards did not intend to view or download the images, the fact they were found on his phone makes him culpable.

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