London CNN —Former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment suspended for two years by a London court for having indecent images of children, according to PA Media.
Edwards, who was the BBC’s highest-paid journalist, pleaded guilty in July to having 41 indecent images of children.
The adult man who sent Edwards the images is a convicted pedophile, the court heard on Monday.
Edwards sent him hundreds of pounds “apparently off the back of (him) sending pornographic images,” prosecutor Ian Hope said.
No more illegal images were sent after that message, the court heard, but the pair were said to continue exchanging legal pornographic images until April 2022.
Persons:
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London CNN —, BBC, PA Media, Crown, Service of, BBC’s, BBC News
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