He was one of the BBC's highest-paid and best-known stars – the hand-held anchor who led the BBC's coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral – but on Monday he received a suspended sentence for accessing indecent images of children, some of them as young as seven years old.
Daniel BoffayThe Guardian's senior reporter was in court to observe Edwards' sentence. He described how Edwards had been in contact with a convicted paedophile and had sent him more than 40 indecent images, including of children as young as seven. He watched as the judge gave Edwards a six-month suspended sentence and said Edwards' reputation was now “in shreds”.
Writer and announcer Mark Lawson He has been following the BBC's handling of the incident. Helen Pidd Why the BBC's director general felt he could not sack Huw Edwards after The Sun published a story alleging he had paid a 17-year-old girl for indecent photographs, how BBC colleagues made complaints about Edwards' behaviour and what happened when his bosses found out police were planning to take action against child abuse images. He explains the lessons the BBC must learn from this awful case.
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