Huw Edwards pleads guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children

The former BBC newsreader appeared at Westminster magistrates' on Wednesday morning

Edwards appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Wednesday morning, where he made the guilty pleas during a brief hearing, the BBC reports.

He was arrested last November and charged last month. The offences related to 37 images that were shared on a WhatsApp chat, according to the Metropolitan Police.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2020 and 2022.

Edwards was charged with having six category A images, the most serious classification of indecent images, on a phone. He is also accused of having 12 category B pictures and 19 category C photographs.

The Met said the allegations are separate from claims which 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.

In the annual publishing of the corporation’s salary report last week, it was revealed Edwards was the third-highest earner between April 2023 to March 2024.

During this period he brought home between £475,000 and £479,999, only being topped by Gary Lineker and Zoe Ball.

He quit the BBC in April this year.