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THE woman of disgraced Huw Edwards has filed for divorcement pursuing his child-abuse images conviction.
TV shaper Vicky Flind, parent of the 63-year-old’s 5 children, launched proceedings to extremity their 30-year matrimony aft she kicked him retired of the household home.
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A root said: “Vicky had capable of Edwards a agelong clip agone but this is the last nail successful the coffin of their relationship.
“He’s enactment her and their household done hell, truthful this was inevitable. Unsurprisingly, they separated a agelong clip agone and Edwards has been surviving elsewhere, but it is present official.
“Vicky is not talking to him and they present lone pass via lawyers.”
The quality came arsenic the couple’s six-bedroom location successful Dulwich, South London, was enactment connected the marketplace for £4.75million.
We told successful July however pervert Edwards — spared jailhouse past month contempt admitting hoarding sick child-abuse images — had divided from long-suffering Vicky, 61.
The mates person 3 sons and 2 daughters.
Court documents showed Edwards had been surviving astatine a spot six miles distant successful Wandsworth, South-West London. He was besides thought to person been spending clip successful his autochthonal Wales.
Edwards was paid £475,000 a twelvemonth arsenic the BBC’s prima presenter and hosted authorities events including the Queen’s funeral.
But helium has not been seen connected TV since July past twelvemonth erstwhile The Sun revealed helium had paid a susceptible youngster tens of thousands of pounds for explicit photos, which they utilized to money a superior cause problem.
Edwards was arrested successful November arsenic portion of an unrelated probe into the making and organisation of child-abuse images — but it was not made public.
It's beyond unacceptable Huw Edwards won't walk a azygous time successful situation for depraved crime
He remained suspended with wage but discontinue the corp successful April aft a adjacent 40-year career.
Last month, helium got a six-month suspended sentence aft admitting making indecent images of children.
He was besides placed connected the enactment offenders registry for 7 years.
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THE DOWNFALL OF HUW EDWARDS
FORMER BBC newsreader Huw Edwards was spared jailhouse aft admitting to accessing indecent images of children arsenic young arsenic seven.
It comes aft much than a twelvemonth of headlines astir the seasoned broadcaster, who was the corporation's highest-paid newsreader, which started erstwhile helium was named arsenic the presenter astatine the centre of a ungraded implicit payments to a young idiosyncratic for sexually explicit images.
Here is simply a timeline of however the events unfolded:
2023
May 19
The household of the person, who was 17 erstwhile Edwards allegedly started payments backmost successful 2020, complains to the BBC and becomes frustrated erstwhile the presenter stays connected air.
July 6
The Sun contacts the BBC, via the Corporate Press Office, astir the allegations they are owed to publish.
July 8
BBC presenters take to publically wide their names, including Gary Lineker, Jeremy Vine and Rylan Clark.
July 9
The BBC says successful a connection that they person suspended a antheral presenter from each duties and person contacted the Metropolitan Police implicit the allegations.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police say: "The Met has received archetypal interaction from the BBC successful narration to this matter, but nary ceremonial referral oregon allegation has been made."
The Sun reports the presenter allegedly made 2 calls to the young idiosyncratic and asked them to telephone their parent to "stop the investigation" aft the Sun exclusive was published.
July 10
The BBC's Corporate Investigations Team meets with the Metropolitan Police.
The corp is asked to intermission its investigations into the allegations.
A lawyer representing the young idiosyncratic astatine the centre of the contention says the claims successful the "inappropriate article" are "rubbish".
July 11
BBC director-general Tim Davie faces the media for a scheduled briefing pursuing the merchandise of the corporation's yearly study and says helium has asked Leigh Tavaziva, the BBC Group's main operating officer, to measure whether its protocols and procedures are due successful airy of this case.
The BBC reports that a 2nd idiosyncratic felt threatened by messages they received from the presenter.
July 12
The woman of Huw Edwards names him arsenic the presenter astatine the the centre of the scandal.
She says that helium is "suffering from superior intelligence wellness issues" and receiving "in-patient infirmary care".
The Metropolitan Police and South Wales Police accidental that nary transgression offence had been committed by the presenter and neither unit is presently taking immoderate further enactment successful narration to the allegations.
The BBC announces it volition resume its "fact-finding investigations" to guarantee "due process and a thorough appraisal of the facts, whilst continuing to beryllium mindful of our work of attraction to each involved".
BBC Newsnight reports caller claims from 1 existent and 1 erstwhile BBC worker, who said they had received "inappropriate messages" from Edwards, "some precocious astatine nighttime and signed disconnected with kisses".
July 13
The Lords Communications Committee announces that Mr Davie volition beryllium questioned successful Parliament astir the corporation's enactment pursuing the furore.
July 18
The acting chairwoman of the BBC, Dame Elan Closs Stephens, tells the Communications and Digital Committee that the corporation's committee met doubly to sermon the allegations, initially made successful The Sun's July 8 beforehand page.
November 8
Edwards is arrested successful narration to alleged indecent images of children shared connected a WhatsApp chat. The apprehension is not made nationalist until July 2024.
The presenter is inactive suspended but remains connected the BBC payroll.
2024
February 27
The BBC apologises to the household of the young idiosyncratic astatine the centre of the Edwards furore.
A report, commissioned successful the aftermath of the scandal, finds a request for "greater consistency" successful however complaints astatine the corp are processed.
April 22
Edwards resigns, leaving the BBC "on the ground of aesculapian proposal from his doctors", according to the corporation.
In an interrogation with The Sun, the parent of the young idiosyncratic astatine the centre of the ungraded says their household is "still suffering" and "still person truthful galore questions" pursuing the newsreader's resignation from the BBC.
June 26
Edwards is charged with 3 counts of making indecent images of children for offences, which are alleged to person taken spot betwixt December 2020 and April 2022, pursuing a Met Police investigation.
July 23
It is revealed that Edwards was paid much than £475,000 by the BBC successful the erstwhile twelvemonth earlier helium resigned and near the corporation.
July 29
It is revealed that Edwards was arrested successful November 2023 and charged with making indecent images of children successful June.
According to the complaint sheet, Edwards is accused of having six class A images, 12 class B pictures and 19 class C photographs connected WhatsApp.
July 31
Edwards pleads blameworthy to making indecent images of children and admits having 41 connected WhatsApp, including 7 of the astir superior type.
The BBC says it knew of Edwards' apprehension implicit accessing indecent images of children successful November but continued employing him until April.
The corp besides issues an interior enactment to unit co-signed by Mr Davie, main enforcement of BBC News & Current Affairs Deborah Turness, and Ms Tavaziva, which says they are "appalled".
Metropolitan Police accidental the antheral who shared indecent images of children with Edwards was 25-year-old convicted paedophile Alex Williams.
August 1
Whistleblowers are captious of an interior enquiry into Edwards' behaviour pursuing them speaking to the corporation's probe team.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy holds urgent talks with Mr Davie and asks the BBC to look into whether it tin recoup wealth from Edwards' wage packet.
Mr Davie says the corp volition "look astatine each options" successful trying to reclaim wage from Edwards.
Mr Davie confirms that helium knew Edwards had been arrested successful November implicit the astir superior class of indecent images of children.
August 2
A Doctor Who occurrence featuring the dependable of Edwards is temporarily removed from BBC iPlayer to beryllium redubbed.
The corp says Edwards resigned from the broadcaster "without announcement oregon fiscal settlement" during a confidential disciplinary process.
August 3
The teen astatine the centre of allegations Edwards paid for intersexual photos said helium felt "groomed" by the broadcaster and "sick" aft learning helium was charged with kid enactment crimes.
August 7
It is revealed the BBC volition clasp the Bafta it won for royal sum fronted by Edwards portion idiosyncratic gongs awarded to the disgraced newsreader stay nether review.
August 8
Edwards is stripped of his rank of the prestigious Gorsedd of the Bards Welsh arts association.
August 9
BBC president Samir Shah calls Edwards a "villain" who "behaved successful atrocious faith", taking "licence interest wealth to the tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds" successful an email to BBC colleagues.
It is revealed that Edwards has resigned from 2 honorary positions astatine his erstwhile assemblage successful Wales.
September 10
Mr Shah admits that Edwards "damaged" the estimation of the corp portion being questioned earlier the House of Lords' Communications and Digital Committee.
September 16
Edwards appears astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court for his sentencing proceeding and is handed six months' imprisonment, suspended for 2 years.
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