Today Huw Edwards appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on charges relating to child pornography.
The case involves receiving indecent images via a messaging app from an adult male he’d been in contact with. It’s a concerning development after a long career at the BBC for Edwards.
He left in April following a separate scandal involving soliciting sexualised images from a teenager
The scenes outside the court today were sedate. There were numerous reporters, camera operators and others waiting for the exit of Edwards following his guilty plea.
It appears he will be sentenced on 16 September later this year.
