HUW Edwards avoided jail after he paid a vile predator £1,5000 for sex child images and videos.
The former BBC presenter, 63, was given a six month suspended sentence for two years.
Huw Edwards avoided jail after he paid a paedo for child sex images in vile chats[/caption]
He must also attend a 40 day sex offender treatment programme and 25 rehabilitation sessions.
The court heard how Edwards was given the images in a depraved WhatsApp chat by convicted paedo Alex Williams.
The veteran newsreader was sent 41 images – including two videos of a boy as young as seven – by Williams.
Edwards avoided a jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
He had faced a maximum 12 months in jail for the offences after a judge kept the case at magistrates court rather than sending it to crown.
Seven of the images fall under Category A – the most serious classification.
This included two moving images of a young child, possibly aged between seven and nine years old.
He also had photos of other children aged between 13 and 15 stored on his phone.
A further 12 images were classed as Category B and 19 as Category C.
