2024-09-16 20:45:02
A British judge on Monday sentenced a former BBC journalist to six months in prison. Huw Edwardsfor having images and videos of child pornography, including sensitive material. Edwards, however, will be released on probation. The judge in charge of the case has decided that the crimes of the founder of the British company are “extremely serious”, although he has decided that he does not represent a risk to minors.
The sentence forced the ex-journalist to attend 25 rehabilitation sessions. He must attend a sex offender treatment program, and must also register on the sex offender registry for at least seven years, while also paying £3,128 (more over €3,710) in legal fees and compensation.
During the reading of the sentence, the first judge Paul Goldspring has acknowledged Edwards’ “exemplary character” in the past and that he has enjoyed a “very successful career in the media”, although his name is now “in tatters”. Edwards has admitted having more than 40 images of child pornography – of children aged between seven and fifteen – sent to him via WhatsApp by another man who paid hundreds of pounds in gifts between 2018 and 2022.
Once the sentence was known, the BBC admitted that it was “disgusted” by the crimes of its former presenter. “It has disappointed not only the BBC, but also the viewers who rely on it,” said a spokesman for the network. Edwards, 63, joined the company in 1984 and a decade later launched the 6pm news, which quickly became Britain’s most watched news programme. In 2003, it made the jump to the 10pm programme, the BBC’s prime audience slot.
In these years he continued to gain popularity that led him to host the broadcast of the opening and closing of the London Olympic Games in 2012. We chose to present the special for the 2008 American elections, the wedding of the prince. Guillermo con Kate Middletonarea for the Diamond Jubilee of Isabella II and announced the king’s death two years ago.
Edwards was charged with a felony for possessing nearly 40 nude images. Specifically, six of them were “Category A”, which included sexual content with penetration; Another dozen are in “Category B”, since they show sexual acts without penetration; The rest of the content is in what is called “Category C”, which includes the rest of the activities that do not belong to the previous two categories. Edwards has pleaded guilty and, in the words of his lawyer, is “deeply saddened.” The lawyer has described the images of child pornography in the former journalist’s possession as “horrific in nature.”
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