Huw Edwards pleads guilty to child abuse image charges
One of Britain’s most famous news presenters, Huw Edwards, has pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
He admitted having 41 indecent images of children, which had been sent to him by another man on WhatsApp, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.
They included seven category A images, the most serious classification – two of which showed a child aged between about seven and nine.
Until last year, Edwards was one of the main presenters on BBC One’s News at Ten and often fronted coverage of major national events including the Queen’s death.
The court heard he had been involved in online chat on WhatsApp from December 2020 with an adult man, who sent him 377 sexual images, of which 41 were indecent images of children.
Under the law, images can mean both video clips and still pictures. The Crown Prosecution Service said most of the category A images were estimated to show children aged between 13 and 15. Two clips showed a child aged about seven to nine.
Category A images show serious abuse including penetrative sexual activity.
As the charges were read to him, he replied “guilty” three times.