The shamed newsreader, 62, pleaded guilty at Westminster magistrates’ court to three criminal charges relating to 41 illegal images of a child found on a WhatsApp chat. In the dock this morning, Edwards spoke to confirm his identity before repeating the word “guilty” three times.
The court heard he received the illegal pictures from another manvia WhatsApp between 2020 and 2021 among a cache of legal pornography.
Two of the videos sent to Edwards and opened by the News at Ten host involved serious sexual offending against children aged between seven and nine. Other material was believed to involve children aged from 12 to 15.
Edwards was ushered into the court by a team of Metropolitan police officers and made no comment as he was escorted past the banks of photographers, together with protesters brandishing anti-BBC placards.
It was reported earlier that Edwards had split from his TV producer wife Vicky Flind and was now living away from the family home.
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