Mother of teen ‘groomed’ by Huw Edwards asks ‘how many more victims are there’ after shock sentencing

The mother who archetypal alerted the BBC to Huw Edwards’ predatory behaviour has shared her daze and vexation that the quality presenter has not been jailed. 

The whistleblower and her household went to The Sun successful July of past twelvemonth to kick astir Edwards sending their teen wealth successful speech for sexually explicit images. 

Edwards, 63, reportedly told the teen helium loved him repeatedly among different bizarre messages.

The household did not judge the BBC was taking their concerns astir Edwards earnestly capable and had begged the BBC to marque Edwards ‘stop sending cash’ to their teen arsenic helium was spending it connected drugs. 

Edwards reportedly sent much than £35,000 to the younker successful total. 

Edwards’ alleged online interactions with the whistle-blower’s teen were not a portion of the tribunal lawsuit that resulted successful Edwards being handed a six-month jailhouse sentence suspended for 2 years aft admitting accessing indecent images of children.

The erstwhile BBC presenter antecedently admitted 3 charges of ‘making’ indecent photographs aft convicted paedophile Alex Williams sent him 41 amerciable images over WhatsApp.

Now, the parent has spoken retired astir Edwards’ sentence.

‘I’m devastated Edwards hasn’t gone to situation for the things helium did. He’s exploited young children for his ain sick ends and should person been jailed.

‘As a mother, I conscionable cannot comprehend wherefore anyone would stock those kinds of pictures and videos,’ she told The Sun. 

She besides shared her daze that the constabulary didn’t retrieve the telephone helium was utilizing to person the kid maltreatment images and questioned whether determination are adjacent much victims retired determination that nary 1 knows astir due to the fact that of the missing phone. 

She went connected to stock her daze and disgust astatine learning that Edwards possessed amerciable kid maltreatment images astatine the aforesaid clip helium was interacting with her teen.

‘When I heard Edwards had a degrading representation of a lad arsenic young arsenic 7 connected his telephone astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic helium was messaging my lad from that aforesaid phone, I conscionable couldn’t judge it,’ she continued. 

She went connected to accidental that the justice had not done capable successful handing down Edwards’ sentences and said each of the ‘excuses’ Edwards and his lawyers made for his beahviour seemed disingenuous. 

She pointed retired that Edwards assertion of intelligence wellness issues and addiction was hypocritical fixed that helium took vantage of her son’s vulnerability and addiction.

The whistleblower shared her skepticism that Edwards feels immoderate remorse, fixed that helium didn’t look to consciousness immoderate astir however his actions affected her son, sharing her sentiment that Edwards remains arsenic unsafe arsenic ever and should beryllium successful prison. 

Saying the quality presenter should person been sent to jailhouse for a ‘very agelong time,’ she questioned if the punishment sets a unsafe precedent for paedophiles, asking: ‘Where is the deterrent?’

She besides concluded: ‘Huw Edwards has ruined my son’s life, wholly ruined it.’

The disgraced BBC presenter appeared successful Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday to larn his sentence. 

As good arsenic the suspended sentence, helium volition beryllium required to implicit a enactment offender programme, and volition beryllium placed connected the enactment offenders registry for 7 years.

Following his sentencing, which has drawn disapproval from the public, the BBC issued a statement, saying: ‘We are appalled by his crimes.

‘He has betrayed not conscionable the BBC, but audiences who enactment their spot successful him.’

Chief Magistrate, territory justice Paul Goldspring, told Edwards – who appeared affectional arsenic helium listened to sentencing – that his ‘long-earned estimation is successful tatters’, portion helium is ‘of erstwhile bully character’.

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

A psychiatrist’s study that the justice referenced 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.

The magistrate besides said the presenter did not airs a hazard to the nationalist oregon children, drafting criticism from the public.

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