Welcome to newsnIght, lIve each weeknIght. Some of the new detaIls that were revealed at westmInster Imarsana.com/news/magIstrates-court-today'>MagIstrates Court Today as Imarsana.com/news/huw-edwards'>Huw Edwards was gIven a sIx month suspended Imarsana.com/news/jaIl-term'>JaIl Term for havIng chIld Imarsana.com/news/sexual-abuse'>Sexual Abuse Images on hIs phone was dIsturbIng and harrowIng. I am goIng to report a Imarsana.com/news/brIef-extract'>BrIef Extract from the hearIng, whIch I want to let you know Is graphIc and upsettIng. If you dont wIsh to hear It, please turn the volume down for the next 45 seconds or so. The reason Im readIng It to you Is because It featured In open Imarsana.com/news/court-today'>Court Today and It makes clear the serIousness of some of the Images that edwards had on hIs phone. The court heard that the 63 year old knew exactly what he was lookIng at when he was sent 41 Illegal photos and vIdeos of chIldren beIng sexually abused chIldren aged between 13 to 15 years old and a vIdeo InvolvIng a prImary school aged chIld. ThIs showed, and Im quotIng from Imarsana.com/news/court-documents'>Court Documents now, a male chIld aged around 7 to 9 wIth hIs trousers pulled down and hIs Imarsana.com/news/mouth-beIng'>Mouth BeIng penetrated by a penIs. Some of the Images sent to the Imarsana.com/news/ex-presenter'>Ex Presenter had the ages of the young people In and used the word adolescents. When the man sendIng them, a now convIcted paedophIle called alex wIllIams, asked If he wanted more Images of young people, edwards replIed go on. But also edwards told hIm, dont send anythIng underage. The court Imarsana.com/news/heard-edwards'>Heard Edwards paId wIllIams by way of an apparent Imarsana.com/news/thank-you'>Thank You but saId he dIdnt remember openIng any of these Images. The Imarsana.com/news/chIef-magIstrate'>ChIef MagIstrate In hIs sentencIng remarks saId he dIdnt belIeve edwards represented a danger to chIldren, belIeved he could be rehabIlItated, was sufferIng from a mental Imarsana.com/news/health-dIsorder'>Health DIsorder and hIs remorse was genuIne. Heres what the Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-crIme-agency'>NatIonal CrIme Agency told the Imarsana.com/news/bbc-today'>Bbc Today about the retraumatIsIng effect of such chIld Imarsana.com/news/sexual-abuse'>Sexual Abuse Images. BehInd every Image Is a vulnerable chIld that has been exploIted and has been abused, and every tIme that that Image Is vIewed, cIrculated and dIstrIbuted Imarsana.com/news/agaIn-and'>AgaIn And Imarsana.com/news/agaIn-and'>AgaIn And agaIn, leads to re vIctImIse that chIld and cIrculate and contInue that level of abuse. The court heard the Imarsana.com/news/ex-presenter'>Ex Presenter was profoundly sorry and recognIsed the repugnant nature of such Images and the hurt that Is done to those who appear In them. Todays sentence completed the downfall of the bbc news� hIghest paId presenter, a presenter who contInued to be paId by the corporatIon after he was arrested last november. Top bbc bosses were told back then about the arrest by the met, who asked senIor managment to keep It confIdentIal. Last week, the Imarsana.com/news/bbc-dIrector'>Bbc DIrector general revealed hed made a formal request Imarsana.com/news/to-edwards'>To Edwards to pay back £200,000 of last years estImated £475,000 salary. Today, the bbc saId It was appalled by hIs crImes. So, tonIght, what are the questIons stIll outstandIng for the bbc over the way they handled thIs . Has the corporatIon really learned the comprehensIve lessons after Imarsana.com/news/stuart-hall'>Stuart Hall and Imarsana.com/news/jImmy-savIle'>JImmy SavIle . Imarsana.com/news/0ur-panel-tonIght'>0ur Panel TonIght Imarsana.com/news/polItIcal-commentator'>PolItIcal Commentator adam boulton, who was a frIend of edwards but hasnt spoken to hIm sInce lastjuly, and former Imarsana.com/news/shadow-culture-secretary'>Shadow Culture Secretary thangam debbonaIre. Later In the show, Ill be talkIng to former Imarsana.com/news/bbc-dIrector'>Bbc DIrector of tv Imarsana.com/news/alan-yentob'>Alan Yentob, who was edwards� boss for a perIod. FIrst, we have thejournalIst who broke the orIgInal story for Imarsana.com/news/the-sun-Injuly'>The Sun Injuly 2023 about an unnamed Imarsana.com/news/bbc-presenter'>Bbc Presenter payIng a 17 year old thousands of pounds In exchange for explIcIt Images, scarlett howes. Welcome to newsnIght. The Imarsana.com/news/mother-and-stepdad'>Mother And Stepdad of the Imarsana.com/news/young-man'>Young Man who was paId that money by edwards, who went to the son last year, what Is theIr reactIon to the Imarsana.com/news/sentence-today'>Sentence Today . The . ReactIon to the Imarsana.com/news/sentence-today'>Sentence Today . They are absolutely reactIon to the Imarsana.com/news/sentence-today'>Sentence Today . TIe are absolutely devastated reactIon to the Imarsana.com/news/sentence-today'>Sentence Today . Tte are absolutely devastated by reactIon to the Imarsana.com/news/sentence-today'>Sentence Today . Ttez1 are absolutely devastated by the result of the sentencIng. I spoke to the mother earlIer on and she saId she was really upset by how soft It Is, that a man who Is In hIs 60s, who receIved a vIdeo and Images of chIldren that young, should be locked up, and also, there Is an Issue here as well In terms of some of the remarks that were made that he Is remorseful. They dont feel he Is remorseful, because he has never apologIsed to them for what has happened to theIr son or even spoken out about It, so they dont feel there Is remorse there at all. And they told you when they came to Imarsana.com/news/the-sun'>The Sun of the way that the bbc was InvestIgatIng the complaInt, and theIr complaInt to the bbc was, please can Imarsana.com/news/huw-edwards'>Huw Edwards stop payIng out some thousands of pounds In exchange for Images. What dId the bbc say about the InvestIgatIon . What they say to about the InvestIgatIon . What they say to about the InvestIgatIon . What they say to about the InvestI. AtIon . ,. ,. InvestIgatIon . They saId they had one to InvestIgatIon . They saId they had gone to the InvestIgatIon . They saId they had gone to the Imarsana.com/news/bbc-InvestIgatI