'How many more victims are there': Mother of teen who was groomed by Huw Edwards hits out after disgraced BBC star avoids prison – and says it's 'shocking' the phone he used to hoard his child porn images was never found

The mother of a teenager ‘groomed’ by Huw Edwards has questioned if there are more victims out there, after the fallen BBC star avoided prison but his phone was never examined.

Edwards, 63, was sentenced yesterday at Westminster Magistrates’ Court having admitted having 41 indecent images of children, which had been sent to him by a paedophile on WhatsApp.

The images included seven category A images, the most serious classification, with two involving a child aged around seven to nine in the vile picture collection.

But he was spared jail, receiving six months in prison suspended for two years instead – to the anger of many. However, this is far from unusual.

The disgraced BBC News star’s remorse, mental health issues and prison overcrowding could have been considerations that counted in his favour.

But the furious mother of a young man who Edwards paid £35,000 for sexually explicit pictures – which is separate from the offences for which he was sentenced – said she wanted him to be…