Huw Edwards has pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
The former BBC News anchor, the corporation’s third highest-paid presenter in 2023-24, who was charged last month, made the pleas at a brief hearing at Westminster magistrates court in London this morning (Wednesday).
The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2020 and 2022 and relate to images that were shared on a WhatsApp chat, according to the Metropolitan Police.
Edwards was charged with having six category A images, the most serious classification of indecent images, on a phone. He was also accused of having 12 category B pictures and 19 category C photographs.
The Met said the allegations were separate from other claims that were widely reported and investigated last year.
“These allegations did not form part of the matter which was considered by police in July 2023. They were investigated separately as a standalone case,” a police spokesperson said.
Edwards left the BBC in April “on medical advice.”
