Ex-BBC news presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to charges of indecent images of children

Huw Edwards, former lead news presenter for the BBC, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to three counts of making indecent images of children. At a hearing in Westminster Magistrates' Court, Edwards admitted to accessing 41 indecent images of children, including seven classified as the most serious "category A" images. Edwards received these images via WhatsApp from an unnamed man between December 2020 and April 2022. Remanded on bail until his pre-sentencing hearing on September 16, Edwards faces up to 10 years in prison, with a potential suspended sentence due to his "genuine remorse" and prospects for rehabilitation.