Disgraced BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards is banned from having unsupervised contact with children and talking to young people online while he awaits sentencing.
The 62-year-old was granted conditional bail after pleaded guilty to three counts of creating indecent images of children between December 2020 and August 2021 last month.
Edwards, who was the BBC’s highest-paid broadcaster before resigning in April, was warned that “all options”, including an immediate prison sentence, would be considered when he is sentenced on September 16.
According to court records seen by Sky News, Edwardhis bail conditions also prohibit him from contacting Alex Williams, a 25-year-old pedophilefrom Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, which triggered the investigation into Edwards.
The seizure of his phone revealed the pair exchanged messages on WhatsApp and that Williams sent Edwards 377 sexual images, including 41 indecent images of children.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court previously heard that seven of the images were of the most serious type – including two videos of a child believed to be aged between seven and nine.
Williams was convicted of seven offenses relating to indecent images and prohibited images of children and was sentenced to a 12-month suspended prison sentence at Merthyr Crown Court on March 15.
Edwards, who was one of the BBC’s best-known faces as he spearheaded major events including announcing the Queen’s death to the nation in 2022, was arrested in November last year.
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Prohibitions as part of bail conditions
Edwards’ bail conditions prohibit him from having any unsupervised contact with children under the age of 18, unless it is involuntary in the course of his normal life, such as using public transport.
Any contact he has with children must be supervised by an adult who is aware of his offending.
Edwards may not use any Internet-enabled device that does not record online history, and any devices he uses must be made available to police for inspection upon request.
He is also prohibited from using any online or web-based communications application to knowingly communicate with anyone under the age of 16.
BBC salary dispute
Edwards was named one of BBC’s highest-paid stars last year, despite being offline since July 2023.
The BBC asked him to pay back around £200,000 of your salary – the amount earned in the five months following his arrest in November last year.
In a statement last week, the BBC The board said Edwards pleaded guilty to “a terrible crime” and “clearly undermined trust” in the corporation.
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“If he had been truthful when questioned by the BBC about his detention, we would never have continued to pay him public money,” said a spokesperson.
Secretary of Culture Lisa Nandy previously asked Edwards to return his salary.
Since his conviction, organizations have stripped the veteran broadcaster of awards and grants, including York St John University and the Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama.
A Cardiff University spokesman said last week that Edwards had resigned from two honorary positions, while BAFTA says it is reviewing individual awards previously handed over to him.
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