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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 bei ....
Grace for a man who was described by the Chief Magistrate is perhaps the most recognised newsreader in the uk. Huw edwards was also told it wasn t an exaggeration to say his reputation was in tatters. Helena wilkinson, Bbc News. Back now to westminster magistrates court, where we just heard that sentence in our senior Uk CorrespondenceSima Kotecha is there. You watched Huw Edwards arrive there this morning, he has been sentenced in the last ten minutes or so, is he still in the court . We have literallyjust heard that there sentencing has finished and that Huw Edwards has stood up and left the dock with his legal team to meet the probation service, i understand. H ....