Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children.
Mr Edwards is accused of having six category A images, the most serious classification of indecent images, on a phone. He is also accused of having 12 category B pictures and 19 category C photographs.
The broadcaster was arrested last November and charged last month, the force revealed on Monday.
He was still working for BBC until April 2024 - arrested on 8 November 2023
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What the actual fuck
He was the corporation’s most high-profile and best-paid news anchor, one of the main presenters on BBC One's Ten O'Clock News, and was often chosen to front coverage of major national events
Why wasn't he suspended after arrested last year - we, the UK people, pay his feckin wages
Ggggggrrrrrrrr
BBC Admits It Was Aware Huw Edwards Had Been Arrested Five Months Before He Quit
Delivering its first statement on the matter days after Edwards was charged, and coming on the day he pled guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court, a BBC spokesperson said it was “made aware in confidence that he had been arrested on suspicion of serious offences and released on bail whilst the police continued their investigation.” This was in November.
"At the time, no charges had been brought against Mr Edwards and the BBC had also been made aware of significant risk to his health,” said the spokesperson, whose note was shared with BBC staff.
Meanwhile:
Huw Edwards, once the BBC's most senior news presenter, has pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
He admitted having 41 indecent images of children, which had been sent to him by another man on WhatsApp, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.