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Huw Edwards [news anchor] given six-month suspended jail sentence for child abuse image offences
BBC ^ | Sep 16 | BBC

Posted on 09/16/2024 5:07:48 AM PDT by RandFan

Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been given a suspended six-month sentence for child abuse image offences, meaning he avoids jail

He is also required to complete a sex offender programme, and will be on the sex offenders' register for seven years

In July Edwards admitted having 41 such images which were sent to him on WhatsApp

The court hears that Edwards paid another man, Alex Williams, hundreds of pounds for gifts and presents in exchange for the images

At one point, Williams said he had "naughty" and "young" images, to which Edwards replied: "Go on"

The estimated age of the children in most pictures was between 13 and 15, but one was aged between seven and nine

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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Huw Edwards was one of the most high profile anchors presenting the 10pm news, election and Royal coverage on the BBC.
1 posted on 09/16/2024 5:07:48 AM PDT by RandFan
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He’s the one who announced Queen Elizabeth’s death on the BBC.


2 posted on 09/16/2024 5:10:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Between him and Jimmy Savile, the BBC sure can pick ‘em.


3 posted on 09/16/2024 5:10:21 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Correct


4 posted on 09/16/2024 5:10:25 AM PDT by RandFan
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Suspended sentence??? C’mon with that!! ๐Ÿ˜ 

“...Edwards has no previous convictions, had voluntarily stopped receiving the images, had shown remorse and had a mental disorder.

He would be vulnerable in prison...”


5 posted on 09/16/2024 5:21:11 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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The rot in the UK government goes so deep that it comes out on the other side. BBC included of course.

I was listening to GBNews yesterday for very good (better than Fox initially) coverage of the attempted murder. Then loser/immediately-available guests were interviewed to give their two cents'.

There was some punkass old lady former MP who was going on and on about how Americans are so nasty and violent that they always try to kill their POTUSes.

And I thought, man the NERVE!

There was Edward II who was "ass"assinated by having a red-hot poker shoved up his Obama.

The lucky English monarchs assasinated (and there are quite a few) just got their heads chopped off in front of jeering crowds.

So civilized the Brits are compared with us American arboreal savages.

Harrrumph! Hard cheese. Etc.

6 posted on 09/16/2024 5:24:49 AM PDT by caddie
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To: RandFan

Thanks for posting.


7 posted on 09/16/2024 5:29:48 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: SMARTY

Suspended sentence??? Cโ€™mon with that!! ๐Ÿ˜ 


For justice, we need Don Corleone!


8 posted on 09/16/2024 5:30:14 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SMARTY; All
By roughly 1965, the ruling class in the USA, the UK, and most of the rest of Western Europe had rejected God and Christianity in favor of godless humanism. Thus, there was no serious check on what was allowed and what was not.

Much of the rejection was a conscious desire to escape Christianities sexual restrictions.

By 2016, Christianity for ordinary people was being openly mocked and derided. Instead of "godless" humanism, the ruling class was turning to neo-paganism, animal worship, Islam, and Wicca or Witchcraft. Throw in some Buddism and new age variation if you like.

Christianity is what held together Western Civilization. Cultural Christianity combined with Science = the scientific revolution, the industrial revolution, and the most prosperous, free, and powerful nation in the world, the USA.

Without Christianity, cultural Christianity falters and falls apart.

9 posted on 09/16/2024 5:31:39 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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Gee, a journalist who’s a sick pervert? Whoulda thunkit?


10 posted on 09/16/2024 5:32:13 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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He had a 40 year career - 20 years news doing 10pm news...

He resigned on medical grounds (mental health) means he keeps his pension ๐Ÿ˜ 


11 posted on 09/16/2024 5:37:44 AM PDT by RandFan
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IIRC there was another BBC personality, I believe who did a morning show who was a perv as well and got taken off the air.


12 posted on 09/16/2024 5:39:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Yes on the other channel (ITV) Schofield his name is/was

Seems like a disturbing pattern.


13 posted on 09/16/2024 5:42:00 AM PDT by RandFan
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Well I guess I should have known the other channels would have their pervs as well. It’s an English thing, I guess.


14 posted on 09/16/2024 5:43:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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What kind of name is "Huw" ? Is that a real name?

It sounds too precious by half. The perfect name for a tranny or child molester.

15 posted on 09/16/2024 5:47:01 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

From Wales....


16 posted on 09/16/2024 5:49:02 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: dfwgator

Interesting how this perv gets a suspended sentence yet they plan to jail those for years who posted the wrong thing on social media. But then again, maybe he has something on the elites that they don’t want revealed; sort of like whomever in the US confiscated Jeffrey Epstein’s videotapes and records.


17 posted on 09/16/2024 5:49:13 AM PDT by laconic ( )
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Kind of why they put Sandusky away. They know if he talks about his connections, they’ll kill him in prison.


18 posted on 09/16/2024 5:51:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The judge was very close to sending him to prison they said it was his mental health problems and reports in mitigation. that meant he avoided jail time

He’s also keeping his BBC pension I believe which is highly annoying having resigned on health grounds and avoiding disciplinary action!


19 posted on 09/16/2024 5:54:05 AM PDT by RandFan
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The judge was very close to sending him to prison they said it was his mental health problems


Nothing a bullet to the brain couldn’t solve.


20 posted on 09/16/2024 5:55:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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