Possibility that magistrates sends the case to the Crown Court if he feels he does not have sufficient sentencing powers. A reminder of the case. Huw edwards were sent hundreds of explicit images over a 16 month period, 41 of them involved children, seven were deemed to be of an extremely serious sexual nature and two of those images involved a child between the ages of seven and nine. Injuly, when he made and nine. Injuly, when he made an appearance here, when he pleaded guilty, his barrister spoke to the court saying that mr edwards did not keep any images, did not send any to anyone else and did not and has not sought to similar images from anywhere else. The prosecution asked the magistrate to consider a suspended sentence but a Prison Sentence as possible. But there are other options, such as a Community Order or being sent on a sex offender programme. He has arrived, the hearing is about to start imminently. Like i said, a large Media Presence here today with many wondering what
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Are bracing themselves for aftershocks after the region was hit by its biggest earthquake in more than 20 years. Its the second big tremor in as many days. The epicentre of the quake was near the city of ridgecrest, north east of los angeles. Angus crawfords report contains some flashing images. Oh, my god. Fear and shock. Two quakes in two days. This one with the magnitude of 7. 1, the strongest for 20 years. Evacuate nerves stretched to the limit. Go, go, go panic is infectious. 8 21am here on the air, we are experiencing. And very public. I think we need to get under the desk. 0k, were going to go to break. Well be right back. Wow. In hollywood, tourists werent sure what to make of it. Everythings moving, and the chandelier was shaking, and the kids were saying, its an earthquake. We saw that the rest of the people in our neighbouring rooms were looking at each other. We were all kind of scared, just freaking out about it. Landslides blocked some roads. Motorists using their bare ha
Emergency officials in Southern California say theyre still assessing the damage caused by fridays major earthquake. Its the biggest earthquake in the region for more than 20 years. The epicentre was near the city of ridgecrest, north east of los angeles. This report from sophie long contains some flashing images. Oh, my god. It created waves in family swimming pools and in communities across Southern California. Oh, my god. Evacuate two earthquakes in two days. Lets go, lets go, lets go . Spread panic. It continues to rattle. This is a very strong earthquake. The tremor so strong. Were experiencing very strong shaking. Even some who didnt feel it, watched it. Were gonna go to a break, well be right back after this. Well be right back, well be right back. Wow. Business owners looked on as potential profits were shaken from shelves and crashed to the ground. We felt around ten or 11 after shocks. Theyve been coming pretty frequently and each one, theyre still scary, because you almost d