Youngster who sparked Huw Edwards's fall from grace by revealing how the shamed BBC star paid him for X-rated photos says the former Beeb presenter 'should be in jail'

Youngster who sparked Huw Edwards's fall from grace by revealing how the shamed BBC star paid him for X-rated photos says the former Beeb presenter 'should be in jail' By Emily Jane Davies Published: 01:51 BST, 18 September 2024 | Updated: 02:01 BST, 18 September 2024 e-mail View comments The youngster who sparked Huw Edwards 's fall from grace by revealing the shamed BBC star paid him for X-rated photos says he 'should be in jail'. When he was 17, the boy was being paid £2,000 at a time - amounting to the whopping sum of £35,000 - by the 63-year-old news anchor. He previously didn't see anything wrong with this, and told his mother and stepfather it was their favourite presenter who was giving him extravagant amounts of cash.

Now 21, he feels 'groomed' by the older man and blasted the judge who handled Edwards's indecent images case for not imprisoning him. The Welshman, who was previously the BBC's glittering star presenter, smiled as he was spared jail at Westminster Magistrates' Court having previously admitted three charges of 'making' indecent photographs. He was sent 41 illegal images by convicted paedophile Alex Williams over WhatsApp but was handed six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years .

His punishment has been criticised by lawyers and activists as being too lenient, with one child sex abuse campaigner branding the justice system 'ludicrous, absurd and embarrassing' as a result. Edwards, 63, was sentenced at Westminster Magistrates' Court having admitt.