Shamed ex-BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has been offering to help charities for free - as he faces sentencing for making indecent images of children
Huw Edwards has been caught offering to help charities for free on his LinkedIn page, despite his ongoing child abuse case.
Huw Edwards has been caught offering to help charities for free on his LinkedIn page, despite his ongoing child abuse case.
The ex-BBC presenter posted on the networking site offering to help non-profits with interview preparation, public speaking and political consulting.
The 62-year-old pleaded guilty to having indecent images of children on July 31 at Westminster Magistrates Court, including 13 of the most serious category A and one of a child as young as seven.
The post reads: After four decades of top-level experience in journalism, media, politics and communications Im available for no charge to charities and not-for-profit organisations.
A young BBC worker claims that Huw Edwards invited him to stay in his hotel suite on the eve of presenting coverage of Prince Philips funeral in April 2021 (pictured)
Police officers clear the way as former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London
The Sun reported that underneath this was a photo of Edwards interviewing former President Barak Obama, along with a list of expertise such as public speaking, public relations and interview preparation.
It is not known when the information was published.
The court heard he had been involved in an online chat with an adult man - since named as Alex Williams - on WhatsApp between December 2020 and August 2021, who sent him 377 sexual images, of which 41 were indecent images of children.
Following the revelations many charities severed their ties with Edwards, including being stripped of his roles at the National Churches Trust and the Journalists Charity.
Edwards announced his resignation from the BBC in April, citing medical advice, having already been suspended the previous July over separate allegations he had paid a young person for explicit pictures.
Edwards was absent from screens from when the story first broke in July 2023 until his exit in April 2024.
But he remained on the payroll while suspended, which is normal BBC policy, and was suffering from serious mental health issues and received in-patient hospital care.
Mr Edwards is said to have moved from the family home he shared with wife Vicky Flind in south London
Court artist drawing of former BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards appearing at Westminster Magistrates Court
The BBC confirmed at the time of his departure that he had not received a pay-off and was leaving on the basis of medical advice from his doctors.
In court, Edwards admitted to having seven category A images of the very worst kind on his phone after being sent them on WhatsApp by a paedophile.
The sick child porn images showed youngsters aged between seven and 14, Westminster Magistrates Court heard.
It was revealed that Edwards had been arrested on November 8 last year and charged on June 26, having kept details of the investigation into him secret from his friends at the BBC.
The former broadcaster will be sentenced at the same court on September 16, where he could face a prison sentence.
MailOnline also revealed that Edwards still hasnt repaid any of the £200,000 he was paid by the BBC after being arrested over child abuse images, Tim Davie has revealed.
The BBC director-general said today he hopes to make progress to recover earnings from the disgraced former newsreader.
The veteran newsreader was paid between £475,000 and £479,999 for the year 2023/24 for 160 presenting days, BBC One news specials, election specials and other television programming, according to the BBCs annual report.
This marked an increase from 2022/23, when he was paid between £435,000 and 439,999 for 180 days presenting on BBC One, as well as news specials.
Throughout the years, Edwards presented the Queens Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (now the Prince and Princess of Wales) in 2011, the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018, and the funeral of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 2021.
The BBC News At Ten presenter was also the broadcasters voice at Trooping the Colour and the Festival of Remembrance, and took over election coverage from the long-serving David Dimbleby in 2019.
LinkedIn has been approached for comment.