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Huw Edwards sentenced for accessing indecent images of children
Former BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, where he is due to be sentenced after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, September 16, 2024
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DISGRACED former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards’s “long-earned reputation is in tatters,” a judge said today as he was sentenced for accessing indecent images of children.

The ex-journalist was spared jail after admitting three charges of “making” indecent photographs after he was sent 41 illegal images by convicted paedophile Alex Williams over WhatsApp.

The 63-year-old was handed a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, during a hearing at Westminster magistrates’ court.

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