Huw Edwards has arrived at court for sentencing after pleading guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children.
The disgraced BBC presenter, 62, was seen pulling a suitcase as he entered Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning flanked by his legal team.
He was wearing a blue cardigan, and looked sternly at photographers who were stood close to the entrance, before smiling at onlookers.
Edwards was previously warned that ‘all options’ are on the table for his sentencing, including an immediate jail term.
Edwards was arrested in November last year, and pleaded guilty to the making of indecent images of children between December 2020 and April 2021.
Edwards has been on conditional bail following his guilty pleas in July, after he was was sent 41 illegal images by convicted paedophile Alex Williams over WhatsApp.
Seven of the indecent images shared with Edwards by Williams were of the most serious type.
Of those images, the estimated age of most of the children was between 13 and 15, but one was aged between seven and nine.
Williams was charged in relation to his WhatsApp chat with Edwards and was convicted of seven offences following an investigation by South Wales Police – receiving a 12-month suspended sentence.
Edwards’ case could be sent to crown court for sentencing if the presiding district judge decides they do not have appropriate powers to sentence the broadcaster on Monday.
The BBC has admitted it was informed that the former TV presenter had been arrested in November but continued to employ him for around five months until he left on medical advice.
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It has asked Edwards to repay the £200,000 salary he has received since his arrest.
BBC director-general Tim Davie said the money should be returned and that the corporation will ‘explore’ the legal process if Edwards refuses.