Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children on WhatsApp. The Metropolitan Police released the following statement:

“The offences, which are alleged to have taken place between December 2020 and April 2022, relate to images shared on a WhatsApp chat. Edwards was arrested on 8 November 2023. He was charged on Wednesday, 26 June following authorisation from the Crown Prosecution Service. He has been bailed to appear at Westminster magistrates’ court on Wednesday, 31 July. Media and the public are strongly reminded that this is an active case. Nothing should be published, including on social media, which could prejudice future court proceedings.”

Huw still managed to rake in a whopping £480,000 (a 10% pay rise) from the BBC last year – despite not doing much work since he was outed as the presenter facing allegations of paying for explicit pictures last July. All very ugly for the BBC…