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Huw Edwards Apologizes As Former BBC News Anchor Gets Suspended Prison Sentence For Accessing Child Abuse Images
Huw Edwards, the former BBC News presenter, pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in July.
Huw Edwards, once the BBC ‘s highest-paid news anchor, has received a six-month suspended prison sentence and apologized for the “repugnant” nature of his offenses after pleading guilty to being in possession of child abuse images earlier this year. Prosecutor Ian Hope detailed Edwards’ WhatsApp exchanges with Alex Williams, a student who randomly contacted the newsreader on Instagram and was distributing the indecent images after accessing them on the dark web. Evans argued that Edwards’ exchanges with Williams were the result of an “obvious and unfortunate storm” in his life between 2020 and 2021, and that the newsreader did not recall specific images or exploit them after they were received.
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