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Former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards has been sentenced to a six-month prison sentence — suspended for two years — and a sex offender treatment programme by a London court for accessing indecent images and videos of children.

The sentence means the veteran presenter will not serve jail time unless he commits any other offences in the next two years.

Handing down the sentence at Westminster magistrates’ court on Monday, chief magistrate Paul Goldspring said Edwards’ “long-earned reputation is in tatters”.

Edwards, 63, was the highest-paid newsreader at the UK national broadcaster when he resigned in April. In court, he looked straight ahead with his chin resting on his hands as the sentence was read out.

In July, he pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children between December 2020 and August 2021, admitting to receiving 41 illegal pictures and videos from a man on the WhatsApp messaging platform.

Seven of the pictures and videos were deemed to be Category A, the most serious type. Several were believed to be of a child aged between 13 and 15, while another was of a child possibly as young as seven.



The Welshman was at the centre of a media frenzy last summer after reports emerged that a senior BBC presenter had alleged relationships with a series of young people.

His wife Vicky Flind, who confirmed his identity as the person at the centre of the allegations after days of speculation, said Edwards was suffering from serious mental health issues. The police concluded that Edwards had not broken any laws.

In April, Edwards resigned from the BBC, where he earned about £475,000 a year, having been arrested on suspicion of serious offences in November last year. He was charged in June this year with making indecent images of children.

The corporation said last month it would seek to claw back hundreds of thousands of pounds in salary it paid Edwards between his arrest and his resignation. He had “clearly undermined trust in the BBC and brought us into disrepute”, the corporation said.

A BBC spokesperson said on Monday that the broadcaster was “appalled by his crimes. He has betrayed not just the BBC, but audiences who put their trust in him.”

“These are extremely serious offences,” said Goldspring, who told Edwards he had been “forced to confront your wrongdoing in a very public way”.

“[However], you do not present a risk or danger to the public at large and specifically to children,” Goldspring added in his explanation for why Edwards was not receiving an immediate custodial sentence.

Edwards will be placed on the UK sex offenders’ register for seven years, a requirement based on the length of his sentence.

The judge said that Edwards had been residing as an inpatient at the Nightingale Hospital, a mental health facility, since his last court appearance, and that his stay had been extended on the advice of his consultant psychiatrist. Goldspring said that Edwards “remains at high risk of suicide”.

In mitigation submissions on Monday, the court was told that Edwards had asked the man he was in contact with on WhatsApp not to send him illegal underage content.

While the charges are described as “making” indecent images, Edwards’ barrister, Philip Evans KC, reiterated to the court that this was a legal term and there was no suggestion Edwards had created any of the content.

Evans said the expert reports compiled for Edwards’ sentencing showed there was an “unfortunate storm” going on in his life at the time of the offences and that he was suffering from both mental and physical health problems.

Edwards was always a man of good character and “he has lost that good character in a very public way”, Evans said.

Huw Edwards given 6-month suspended jail sentence for indecent child images (archive.ph)


Keir Starmer (head of The Crown Prosecution Service 2008-2013) in 2014: “Accountability is of course important, but we are fooling ourselves if we think this child abuse scandal is all about individual failings and that the dispatch of key individuals is a sufficient response.”


How can we prevent another Rotherham?

Sir Keir Starmer warns against ‘witch hunting’ blame culture in social work

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Just in case any of our US cousins across the pond believe their politicians have the monopoly of
cock-ups, the Brits can step-up to the plate when called on.

Keir Starmer makes Gaza ‘sausages’ gaffe in Labour conference speech

Prime minister’s slip of the tongue goes viral as he blunders making call for peace in Middle East


The Prime Purveyor of Pork.

'Keir Starmer was in full flow during his party conference speech when he made an unfortunate slip-up,
calling for the return of “sausages” from Gaza. The prime minister had just praised his “decisive government”
as one that was prepared to face the future, when he called for peace in the Middle East and the return
of Israeli hostages taken during Hamas’s attack on 7 October last year.

He will set off for the UN general assembly on Tuesday, and he told the conference about the message
he would take to New York.

“I call again for restraint and de-escalation at the border between Lebanon and Israel. I call again for all
parties to step back from the brink. I call again for all parties to step back from the brink,” he said.

“I call again for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the return of the sausages – the hostages – and a
recommitment to the two-state solution: recognised Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure Israel.”

The prime minister quickly recovered from the slip-up, which swiftly went viral. It did not appear to
overshadow his message that things would get better for Britain – a country that he said was “no
longer sure of itself” – if his government made difficult decisions now...'

Archived Guardian Article:

[Bally002]

Just in case any of our US cousins across the pond believe their politicians have the monopoly of
cock-ups, the Brits can step-up to the plate when called on.

Keir Starmer makes Gaza ‘sausages’ gaffe in Labour conference speech

Prime minister’s slip of the tongue goes viral as he blunders making call for peace in Middle East


The Prime Purveyor of Pork.

'Keir Starmer was in full flow during his party conference speech when he made an unfortunate slip-up,
calling for the return of “sausages” from Gaza. The prime minister had just praised his “decisive government”
as one that was prepared to face the future, when he called for peace in the Middle East and the return
of Israeli hostages taken during Hamas’s attack on 7 October last year.

He will set off for the UN general assembly on Tuesday, and he told the conference about the message
he would take to New York.

“I call again for restraint and de-escalation at the border between Lebanon and Israel. I call again for all
parties to step back from the brink. I call again for all parties to step back from the brink,” he said.

“I call again for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the return of the sausages – the hostages – and a
recommitment to the two-state solution: recognised Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure Israel.”

The prime minister quickly recovered from the slip-up, which swiftly went viral. It did not appear to
overshadow his message that things would get better for Britain – a country that he said was “no
longer sure of itself” – if his government made difficult decisions now...'

Archived Guardian Article:

Nothing like a good sausage sizzle.  Bit of onion, sauce and mustard on a crisp roll mit cooked sausage.  Only 3.50 at Bunnings.

Always quietens things down.

Bally)

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RT news decided not to comment. Just a meme.

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It's come to the point in Britain that a thought-provoking fictional book has become reality...




...And the 'open secret' is out too!!

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Just in case any of our US cousins across the pond believe their politicians have the monopoly of
cock-ups, the Brits can step-up to the plate when called on.

Keir Starmer makes Gaza ‘sausages’ gaffe in Labour conference speech

Prime minister’s slip of the tongue goes viral as he blunders making call for peace in Middle East


The Prime Purveyor of Pork.

'Keir Starmer was in full flow during his party conference speech when he made an unfortunate slip-up,
calling for the return of “sausages” from Gaza. The prime minister had just praised his “decisive government”
as one that was prepared to face the future, when he called for peace in the Middle East and the return
of Israeli hostages taken during Hamas’s attack on 7 October last year.

He will set off for the UN general assembly on Tuesday, and he told the conference about the message
he would take to New York.

“I call again for restraint and de-escalation at the border between Lebanon and Israel. I call again for all
parties to step back from the brink. I call again for all parties to step back from the brink,” he said.

“I call again for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the return of the sausages – the hostages – and a
recommitment to the two-state solution: recognised Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure Israel.”

The prime minister quickly recovered from the slip-up, which swiftly went viral. It did not appear to
overshadow his message that things would get better for Britain – a country that he said was “no
longer sure of itself” – if his government made difficult decisions now...'

Archived Guardian Article:

Good news mate , the sausages are free !

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If it was anywhere else and involved any other religion, the MSM would be all over it.
But Londinistan...?

London Underground advert with cleric 'who called gay people worse than
animals' compliant, TfL says

Sadiq Khan's team says he has 'no involvement in approving or deciding' which adverts run on the
Tube network


Ismail ibn Musa Menk features on Tube adverts for a finance firm.

'Transport for London (TfL) has sparked a backlash after approving an advert on the Underground
featuring a Muslim cleric who allegedly referred to gay people as 'worse than animals'. The poster
advertising the finance firm Wahed was raised with Sadiq Khan during Mayor's Question Time
this morning (Thursday, October 10).

Conservative London Assembly Member Susan Hall said: "Featuring on those adverts is a chap
called Mufti Menk, who actually is known to have denounced homosexuality as 'filthy', and said
that gays were worse than animals."

Referring to an advert for a show by comedian Ed Gamble, on which a hot dog had to be changed
to a cucumber, Ms Hall added: "So, you'll stop a hot dog being put on there [but] you're quite happy
to have people like that featuring in those adverts."


Alex Armstrong
@alexharmstrong

Sadiq Khan has banned fast food advertisements but is fine to allow an
advertisement featuring hate preacher, Ismail ibn Musa Menk, who has
called gay people “worse than animals” on tube and bus adverts.

The ads are all over London.

Mr Khan said: "Chair, I'm not aware of that advert. I've have a look at it as soon as Mayor's Question
Time is finished to see what's gone on there." Mayor 'has no involvement in approving or deciding
which ads run on the TfL network'

A spokesperson for the Mayor told MyLondon: "The Mayor is clear that there is no place for hate in
London and he strongly condemns any language which divides London’s amazing diverse communities.
The Mayor has no involvement in approving or deciding which ads run on the TfL network, and TfL’s
policy reflects legal requirements.”

A TfL spokesperson said: “This advert was reviewed and found to comply with our advertising policy,
which reflects legal requirements. The Mayor has no involvement in approving or deciding which ads
run on the TfL network."


Sadiq Khan's team says he 'strongly condemns any language which divides London’s amazing diverse
communities'.

TfL says that it works closely with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Financial Conduct
Authority (FCA), and now only runs campaigns from cryptocurrency and financial investment companies
that are registered with the FCA and that comply with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Finance and
Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017. All advertising that runs on TfL's estate, officials say, must follow
the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) code and the TfL Policy...'

MyLondon:

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