EPHud Edwards on the Bafta Awards
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Former BBC information presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with taking “indecent” pictures of youngsters, British police have introduced. Edwards, 62, has been charged with three counts.
The pictures have been discovered on Edwards’ cellphone. In accordance with London police, the offences are believed to have taken place between December 2020 and April 2022, and the pictures are believed to have been shared by way of a WhatsApp chat.
Edwards was arrested final November and is because of seem in courtroom on Wednesday.
Formiliar face
Edwards was lengthy some of the recognizable faces on British tv. He labored for the BBC for 40 years, asserting the dying of Queen Elizabeth in 2022 and being the anchorman of essential broadcasts surrounding elections, the 2012 London Olympics and royal weddings.
The BBC suspended Edwards a yr in the past after a number of younger individuals accused him of sexual misconduct. He resigned from the broadcaster in April on “medical recommendation”.