Huw Edwards to be sentenced over child abuse images as highest-paid BBC presenter returns to court after he made indecent images

Crowds have started to gather at Westminster Magistrates Court ahead of Huw Edwards’ expected arrival.

Richard Gaisford, Good Morning Britain’s Chief Correspondent, has told how packs of journalists and photographers are outside the court, while a group of Christian protesters have also pitched up.

We will let you know as soon as Edwards arrives.

Here’s a timeline of the Huw Edwards scandal illustrating how the BBC’s highest-paid star blew up his own career following a scandal over child abuse images.

Edwards announced his resignation from the BBC in April, citing medical advice, having already been suspended the previous July over separate allegations he had paid a young person for explicit pictures.

Edwards was absent from screens from when the story first broke in July 2023 until his exit in April 2024.

Huw Edwards will return to Westminster Magistrates Court this morning following the scandal that has left him in disgrace.

In July, the former newsreader admitted having 41 indecent images, which were sent to him on WhatsApp – including some showing a victim aged between seven and nine.

At his last court appearance, he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. Under the law, images can mean photos or video clips.

He was found to have seven category A images – the most serious classification, which show serious abuse including penetrative sexual activity.

Most of the category A images were estimated to show children aged between 13 and 15. Two clips showed a child aged about seven to nine.

He also had 12 category B pictures, which involve non-penetrative sexual activity, and 22 photographs in category C, which covers other indecent images. The category B and C pictures showed children aged between 12 to 15.

Police later revealed the man who sent the images to Edwards was a 25-year-old convicted paedophile called Alex Williams.

Huw Edwards, one of Britain’s most famous newsreaders, will return to court today where he could be sentenced over receiving sexual images of children as young as seven.

The disgraced former BBC News star has admitted three charges of ‘making’ indecent photographs of children after he was sent 41 images by convicted paedophile Alex Williams in vile WhatsApp messages.

The 63-year-old is on conditional bail and is set to be sentenced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court at 10am today, following his guilty pleas in July. He could face up to 12 months in jail.

Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage as Huw Edwards is sentenced at Westminster Magistrates Court.

The disgraced BBC newsreader will learn his fate today after he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children in July.

Edwards’ career has been left in tatters after the scandal broke last year. The 63-year-old had anchored the BBC’s coverage of major national events including the late Queen’s funeral.

At his previous court hearing, he was warned he faces a possible custodial sentence when he stands before magistrates.

MailOnline will bring you the latest updates from the sentencing plus reaction following the verdict.