Will Huw Edwards get a custodial sentence?

The man who passed the photographs to him didn’t have a prison sentence

The distribution of images of children being sexually abused is abuse. It’s compounding the terror and pain these children experienced.
The images are there for ever. One child abused and videod at 7 discovered the films were still in circulation 20 years later.

He should be, but probably not.
They are emptying prison's, he will get various conditions etc and be tagged?

I honestly cannot see the point of putting him in prison, when there are already not enough places for those who have committed violent crimes.
Unfortunately there are not really many other effective punishments available, though I guess public humiliation is a strong one.

He should be jailed, as should all those who view children being sexually abused. Long sentences too. Just getting a tap on the wrist is not acceptable and serves as no deterrent.

I d like to see child abusers of any type on an island in the North Sea or maybe taking up the hotels in Rwanda

A slap on the wrist and a telling off and his wife will be at his side.

Redhead56

A slap on the wrist and a telling off and his wife will be at his side.

He and his wife are estranged.

I would like to see this vile individual adequately punished but unfortunately I doubt that would include a custodial sentence.
My guess is that he will have to attend some sort of sex offenders rehabilitation course.
I can’t get over the fact that the worst of those images of the sexual abuse of children involved little ones as young as seven.

It’s unprintable what I would like to see happen to him.
Meanwhile, he still hasn’t repaid the £200,000 pay the BBC are demanding.

I doubt he will if the offence is only viewing images, but if he has passed them on or has participated physically in an illegal act, then yes he will. What we should hope for and expect is for him to be treated in exactly the same way as any other criminal who has done the same.

Let us hope his fine, if that is the punishment, is a lot more than £200,000 - not that anyone should be earning that sort of money from our public broadcasting service - wholly ridiculous!

He should be boiled in oil!
No punishment is harsh enough for anyone doing vile things to children, whether the it's the acts themselves or the sickening selling, passing on or viewing of these horrendous images.
I'm usually a peaceful, non violent person but when I consider the huge, everlasting damage these hideous people cause, not only to the abused child but the whole family, I would gladly light the flame.

No, it's unlikely he'll get a custodial sentence.

The prisons are being emptied to make space so I think it highly unlikely he'll end up inside. Although they may make an example of him because he's famous. Has he ever paid back any of the exorbitant salary he received whilst suspended?
I think the BBC should be in the dock too, it seems like one of the last bastions (along with the police, House of Commons and fire service) of the old boys club.

Can anyone post this quote which I have tried to find online, so as to get it right before posting, but it is very elusive. It is from a novel (probably by Jane Austen) and is said by someone railing about the effect on their morals of the romantic novels that young women could get sent to them by subscribing to the 18th century circulating libraries. She says that someone who is so fond of handling the leaves of these pernicious books will sooner or later long to eat the fruit. It is followed in the book by a spirited defence of novels.

Collecting pornographic photographs of children must surely lead on to a desire to take part?

For me there is no punishment tough enough to punish the sick perverts who get pleasure from watching the sexual degradation of babies and children. What will a fine mean to Huw Edwards? Absolutely nothing. A disgusting individual and I hope they lock him up and throw away the key.

A few years back my GP got struck off and jailed for 6months for similar offences. As a figure or respectability in the public eye and of trust I think Edward’s sentence should be the highest that can be imposed. It should not be down to how many prison places there are.

I have just been reading what is being said this morning in court. The images are deemed more serious because they are moving images. Those poor children.

Said in court, Edwards asked not to send him underage images

It does seem strange that the sentence the supplier of the images Williams got was non-custodial.

"Williams, now 25, was arrested in August 2022 and his phone and other devices were seized. He had been using the Tor browser to access the dark web and download and distribute indecent images of children.
He was handed a 12-month suspended sentence. One of the people he had been sending images was Edwards"

I knew a man in his thirties who was jailed for possessing indecent images of children. The repercussions following the sentence were immense; he lost his home, his job and his marriage; social services insisted his wife divorce him otherwise they would take their children into care. The punishment was just although his dysfunctional childhood and upbringing could have been taken into consideration. I hope Huw Edwards receives similar and the plea of mental health issues is not used as mitigation.

Williams should have been locked up and Edwards should be too. Anyone viewing these vile images are as culpable of child abuse as the ones who make them.

It's a life sentence for the victims.

Smileless2012

Williams should have been locked up and Edwards should be too. Anyone viewing these vile images are as culpable of child abuse as the ones who make them.

It's a life sentence for the victims.

Totally agree. I never understand the argument some make that 'only' viewing images somehow makes it a lesser evil. Each image is a child who has been abused and will have to live with the consequences of that. They are just as bad as those making the images in the first place.

The answer to the question is Yes; custodial sentence of six months suspended for two years.

Disgraceful.