BBC boss Tim Davie has said he can’t ever see disgraced ex anchor Huw Edwards working for the BBC again as he called his crimes 'appalling'. The shamed BBC presenter has dodged an immediate prison sentence for having child abuse images on his phone. The ex-News at Ten presenter, 63, was handed a six-month sentence, suspended for two, by Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring during a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Following his sentencing, BBC Director General Tim Davie has spoken out as he condemned Edwards for tarnishing the BBC's reputation. “This man has just been convicted of appalling crimes and it’s pretty straightforward in my mind that I can’t see him working at the BBC again. There’s no doubt that an affair like this impacts our reputation and I don’t know yet in terms of the direct impact on trust,” he said.
“What I would say is we track it very carefully, we’re very mindful of people. People’s trust in the BBC is essential and hopefully we’ll do the right thing and the public aren’t stupid and they can see when we’re taking the right action and acting in good faith and trying to get through things in a calm and fair manner.” Davie made the remarks at the Royal Television Society conference in London on Tuesday morning, where he was being interviewed by BBC journalist Amol Rajan.
Father-of-five Edwards pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children on July 31. Westminster Magistrates Court heard th.