Was it right to keep Huw Edwards out of jail.. or a 'joke' of a sentence that is far too lenient? Legal experts debate decision to let shamed BBC star walk free By Rory Tingle, Home Affairs Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:46, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 11:47, 17 September 2024 e-mail 5 View comments Lawyers clashed today over the decision to spare Huw Edwards a prison sentence for viewing vile sex abuse images of children.
The former BBC News presenter was handed a six-month suspended sentence after admitting three charges of 'making' indecent photographs after he was sent 41 illegal images by convicted paedophile Alex Williams. The decision followed extensive mitigation submitted on Edwards' behalf by his defence barrister, Philip Evans KC, including his mental health struggles, guilty plea and other personal factors including a strained relationship with his father. Grace Gwynne, a barrister specialising in family law, called both the sentence and the mitigation provided by the broadcaster's team ' a joke'.
'Not only was he not blocking - he was actively seeking these images and he was asking for them, he said ''yes'' to images of young people. So his offending behaviour was seeking that type of material,' she told Good Morning Britain . Liam Kotrie, a criminal defence solicitor, and Grace Gwynne, a barrister specialising in family law, appearing today on Good Morning Britain Huw Edwards was handed a six-month suspended sentence after admitting three charges of.
