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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.
They included seven category A images, the most serious classification.
Until last year, Edwards was one of the main presenters on BBC One’s News at Ten and often fronted coverage of major national events.
He was arrested last November and charged last month. He will be sentenced on 16 September and a probation report will been compiled.
The court heard on Wednesday that Edwards had been involved in online chat on WhatsApp from December 2020 with an adult man, who sent him 377 sexual images, of which 41 were indecent images of children.
As well as the category A images, he also had 12 category B pictures and 22 category C photographs.
The final indecent image was sent in August 2021 – a category A film featuring a young boy.
