Disgraced Huw Edwards free to text paedo pal after sentence places almost no restrictions on how he lives his life

SHAMED Huw Edwards is escaped to substance his sick paedophile pal aft helium dodged jailhouse implicit kid enactment maltreatment images.

The ex-BBC star, who got a suspended situation sentence, was not deed with immoderate stringent restrictions similar different offenders.

The determination not to enforce a Sexual Harm Prevention Order means determination are nary limits placed connected his telephone oregon net use.

As a result, helium could inactive beryllium successful interaction with chap Welshman Alex Williams, 25 — the convicted paedophile who sent him hundreds of kid enactment images.

Edwards, 63, tin besides question overseas provided helium gives constabulary 7 days’ notice.

There are nary limitations connected wherever helium tin spell successful the UK — meaning helium tin adjacent sojourn a children’s playground.

Former Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley deed retired astatine the deficiency of ineligible restrictions, saying: “This demonstrates the shameful, pathetic, appalling sentences that paedophiles are receiving today.

“It’s violative to each right-minded radical who judge children are to beryllium protected.

“For him to locomotion retired with the hint of a smirk connected his face, virtually arsenic escaped arsenic you oregon I, is galling.

“It highlights the flaws successful our crumbling, failing transgression justness strategy which saw nary punishment for his appalling crimes.”

Edwards paid up to £1,500 to Williams, who sent him ineligible pornography pictures arsenic good arsenic 41 kid enactment images.

In July, helium pleaded blameworthy to charges of making indecent images.

Last week astatine Westminster magistrates’ tribunal helium got a six-month jailhouse sentence, suspended for 2 years.

Sources said Edwards — who fronted the BBC’s News astatine Ten — is being treated astatine the £5,000-a-week Nightingale Hospital, a mental health installation successful cardinal London.

JPs besides ordered him to complete a enactment offender attraction programme and 25 rehabilitation sessions.

Those volition impact confessing his depraved crimes and however they affected some him and his victims successful beforehand of a radical of chap paedophiles.