BBC star ‘was warned don’t be too funny or too clever’ or Huw Edwards won’t like it

A BBC prima was warned not to beryllium excessively comic oregon clever successful beforehand of Huw Edwards (Image: Getty)

Huw Edwards' presumption astatine the BBC was truthful lofty 1 prima was warned not to beryllium excessively comic oregon clever successful beforehand of him, according to a erstwhile colleague.

The corporation's Culture and Media Editor, Katie Razzall, has revealed proposal she was fixed erstwhile she started moving astatine BBC News 3 years ago.

Ms Razzall shared the evident penetration into Edwards' quality successful an sentiment portion published by the BBC earlier the disgraced erstwhile presenter was spared jailhouse aft admitting accessing indecent images of children arsenic young arsenic seven.

She said a workfellow had advised her: "'You tin beryllium funny', they said. 'But don’t beryllium funnier than Huw. You tin beryllium clever, but don’t beryllium excessively clever'."

The BBC's civilization exertion explained that find of the erstwhile presenter's guilt had "rocked" radical successful the newsroom "to their core", with 1 unit subordinate speaking of "feeling sick".

Katie Razzall was advised not to beryllium 'funnier than Huw Edwards' (Image: Getty)

After Edwards was sentenced connected Monday (September 16), a spokesperson for the BBC said: "We are appalled by his crimes. He has betrayed not conscionable the BBC, but audiences who enactment their spot successful him."

Edwards, 63, had antecedently admitted 3 charges of "making" indecent photographs aft helium was sent 41 amerciable images by convicted paedophile Alex Williams implicit WhatsApp.

At Westminster Magistrates' Court, Edwards held his hands unneurotic and leaned guardant passim his sentencing hearing.

The tribunal heard Edwards paid Williams hundreds of pounds aft helium sent him pornographic images, but his defence barrister Philip Evans KC said the erstwhile presenter did not marque payments to Williams successful bid to person indecent images of children.

The prosecution said Williams asked Edwards for a "Christmas acquisition aft each the blistery videos".

Huw Edwards was sentenced to six months suspended for 2 years (Image: Getty)

Mr Evans said Edwards "recognises helium has betrayed the priceless spot and religion of truthful galore people", adding his lawsuit was "truly sorry" for however helium had "damaged his household and his loved ones" arsenic good arsenic for committing the offences.

A psychiatrist's report, referenced by the justice successful his sentencing remarks, concluded Edwards was astatine "considerable hazard of harm from others" and the hazard of taking his ain beingness was "high and significant" if helium was imprisoned.

In a abstracted report, a psychosexual therapist said: "The feelings of being desirable and unseen alongside Mr Edwards' unresolved intersexual predisposition created a cleanable tempest wherever helium engaged successful intersexual infidelities and became susceptible to radical blackmailing him."

Sentencing Edwards, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring told the broadcaster: "Perhaps it does not request saying but you are of erstwhile bully character."

The justice said helium accepted Edwards had been of "exemplary" bully quality "having enjoyed a precise palmy vocation successful the media".

He continued: "It's evident that until present you were precise highly regarded by the public." Mr Goldspring added Edwards was "perhaps the astir recognised newsreader-journalist" and it was "not an exaggeration" to accidental his "long-earned estimation is successful tatters".

Edwards' autumn from grace was triggered erstwhile the parent of a young antheral blew the whistle connected their relationship. The youngster astatine the centre of the ungraded had initially wanted to support Edwards.

But helium told the Mirror Edwards "sort of fed" connected his "vulnerability". It was the man's parent blowing the whistle connected Edwards which sparked a concatenation of events which led to his pleading blameworthy successful July to making indecent images.

The antheral told the Mirror: "I consciousness similar helium benignant of fed connected my vulnerability arsenic helium knew I needed the wealth – I felt similar I was being groomed."

Now blessed and successful a caller relationship, the lad told the aforesaid work helium felt similar helium trusted Edwards and that helium cared, adding: "But that’s however the manipulation started. I looked up to this antheral but helium didn’t attraction astir me. He was taking vantage but I felt I had to perceive to him due to the fact that helium was Huw Edwards."

Edwards volition beryllium taxable to 25 rehabilitation sessions and beryllium placed connected the enactment offender attraction programme for 40 days. He was besides ordered to wage £3,000 successful prosecution costs and was told helium would beryllium enactment connected the enactment offenders' registry for 7 years.

The justice declined to marque a intersexual harm prevention bid against Edwards.