The Independent – Final shame of BBC star as child abuse messages revealed
The Independent says disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has avoided jail but has been left with a reputation in tatters after accessing indecent images of children as young as seven.
Atop the paper is a banner article about the arrest of the alleged gunman in the Donald Trump assassination attempt. The paper says he has appeared in court and the incident marks the second attempt on the former president’s life in just two months.
Huw Edwards spared jail as disgraced BBC presenter sentenced for indecent images of children
Disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has avoided jail but has been left with a reputation in tatters after accessing indecent images of children as young as seven.
The veteran broadcaster, 63, was handed a six-month suspended sentence after previously admitting three charges of “making” indecent photographs, sealing an extraordinary fall from grace following a four-decade career at the corporation.
It emerged on Monday that the 63-year-old paid up to £1,500 to Alex Williams, 25, who sent Edwards 41 illegal images, seven of which were of category A, the very worst kind.
Of those images shared over WhatsApp, the estimated age of most of the children was between 13 and 15, while one was aged as young as between seven and nine.
‘We live in dangerous times’: Two Trump assassination attempts in two months reveals landscape of political violence
With two assassination attempts on a presidential candidate in two months, the Secret Service spokesperson standing at the podium in West Palm Beach, Florida, summarized it best: “We live in dangerous times.”
The attempts on Donald Trump’s life – just 64 days apart – shine a light on the current landscape of political violence during what has become a vicious and, at times dark, presidential campaign.
First came the near miss at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 when Trump was clipped on the ear by a bullet fired by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. With blood streaming down his face, it was a moment of defiance for the Trump campaign as the former president pumped his fist into the air and shouted: “Fight, fight, fight!”
This time, on September 15, Trump was playing golf at his West Palm Beach club when suspected gunman, Ryan Routh, aimed an SKS-style rifle through the bushes round the course perimeter. The alleged attack was foiled when a Secret Service agent spotted the barrel of the gun sticking out and quickly leapt into action, authorities said.
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Editorial 17 September 2024.
Huw Edwards’s sentencing dominates Tuesday’s newspapers. The front pages react to the former BBC presenter being handed a suspended sentence, meaning he won’t spend a minute in jail. Edwards was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years after he admitted charges of making indecent images of children.
Unsurprisingly, the papers react with anger as more details of his crimes emerge. Some of the papers ponder whether Edwards was given a lenient sentence due to his fame.
Elsewhere, there’s a dash of US political news on several papers as America continues to deal with the aftermath of a second assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.