The BBC has asked Huw Edwards to return his salary from the time he was arrested in November last year. Edwards is set to be sentenced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in September after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children last month. The veteran broadcaster admitted having 41 images on WhatsApp, including seven of the most serious type.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard the offences were committed between December 2020 and August 2021. BBC ask Huw Edwards to return salary There have been calls recently for Edwards to return his salary following his arrest last November including from Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy. Former news presenter Huw Edwards has been asked to return salary paid since arrest and has " undermined trust" in BBC, says board https://t.
co/1KphxBPFFq — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 9, 2024 Nandy last week asked the BBC to look into whether it can recoup an estimated £200,000, which Edwards earned in the period from his arrest in November until he resigned five months later. It seems the broadcaster has listened to these calls today (August 9) requesting Edwards return his salary from the time he was arrested in November last year saying the presenter “undermined trust in the BBC and brought us into disrepute”. A statement from the corporation said Edwards had “undermined trust in the BBC and brought us into disrepute”.
It said: “There is nothing more important than the public’s trust in the BBC; the BBC Board .