Huw Edwards arrives at court this morning

The BBC should have sacked Huw Edwards immediately?

Time and time again the BBC create such colussus, and then knowing about what they've indulged in, shield them from any scrutiny, Saville being the worst example. He remained the bogus national treasure created by the corporatuon and completely untouchable in his lifetime. They pay such people enormous amounts of public money. I think the public's patience with the BBC is beginning to wane, I do wonder if they can continue to exist in their present form, when they're being squeezed by alternative platforms.

That's why use of the term paedophile is questionable, because understandably it has such terrible connotations.

It's all sickening, though.

I watched a program on it and the 'experts' (therapists) on the program suggested there should be a push towards encouraging people to seek help. There was a young man on it who recognised he was a paedophile but sought therapy to help him deal with it, rather than offending as he knew it was wrong. I found it quite interesting

A paedophile is someone who is sexually interested in children, it isn't a crime in and of itself.
Just wanted to say that.

For years ?

Edwards was not only one of the most recognisable faces on television, but also the most trusted. He'd fronted a long succession of public events, from the Olympic Games and Trooping the Colour, to the Queen's ­Diamond and Platinum Jubilees, the weddings of Princes William and Harry, and the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh in 2021. Yet in the darker reaches of his soul, Huw Edwards had for years been harbouring an ugly secret. For despite the outwardly-orthodox nature of the family life, he was in fact a sexual predator with an unhealthy interest in boys.

*Nandy. duh.

It is all rather reminiscent of the hateful Jimmy Saville and how it was all covered up. I think these broadcasting companies need to take a good hard look at themselves.

Lisa Nancy has requested a meeting with the BBC today over this - what they knew and when etc. Good for her.

JenniferEccles

Wouldn’t there at least be some justice if this hateful individual were to be given a custodial sentence, but I very much fear it will be a suspended one, the same ‘punishment’ handed out to the paedophile who passed images on to Edwards.

Instead he will continue to play the ‘mentally ill’ card and continue to hide behind his ‘depression’

No punishment at all really, is it?

Quite JenniferEccles.. I still think it's very disputable, the Mental illness

Good morning everyone. just to explain - I feel I overshared last night and regretted it so I asked GNHQ to delete a couple of my posts.

Iam64

Images of children being sexually abused remain available and continue to be shared. Imagine being a young mother of children now reaching the age at which your abuse started, say between 3 and 7 years. You’re not coping with your 3 children/. Their fathers are long gone so you’re on your own. New man arrives, seems perfect till you discover he’s a paedophile. Safeguarding meetings are informed by the police representative that those films and videos of you made over 20 years ago are still being circulated.
Every time someone views these images, the child is abused again.
The extent of sexual abuse and exploitation of children in society is difficult to comprehend.
Suspended sentences do nothing to prevent these men continuing to meet their depraved desires

I completely agree Iam64

and this man presided over the queen's funeral aswell as all other major announcenents for the Bbc.

Wouldn’t there at least be some justice if this hateful individual were to be given a custodial sentence, but I very much fear it will be a suspended one, the same ‘punishment’ handed out to the paedophile who passed images on to Edwards.

Instead he will continue to play the ‘mentally ill’ card and continue to hide behind his ‘depression’

No punishment at all really, is it?

Images of children being sexually abused remain available and continue to be shared. Imagine being a young mother of children now reaching the age at which your abuse started, say between 3 and 7 years. You’re not coping with your 3 children/. Their fathers are long gone so you’re on your own. New man arrives, seems perfect till you discover he’s a paedophile. Safeguarding meetings are informed by the police representative that those films and videos of you made over 20 years ago are still being circulated.
Every time someone views these images, the child is abused again.
The extent of sexual abuse and exploitation of children in society is difficult to comprehend.
Suspended sentences do nothing to prevent these men continuing to meet their depraved desires

HousePlantQueen

icanhandthemback

The pictures were sent by another man who apparently had many more he could send. I wonder whether he is being prosecuted too.

I understand that the other paedophile was convicted and investigations into his online history revealed Edwards involvement in receiving the images.

Thank you, HousePlantQueen. I hope everybody else he was distributing images with children to gets prosecuted too.

And wasn't this paedophile given a suspended sentence? I am sick and tired of these predators being given suspended sentences, it's as if the victims, children, count for nothing. I knew someone whose husband had accessed and downloaded these type of photos online. She described it as him making 'silly mistakes' but immediately protected her own children from him, and separated from him herself. Of course "he hadn't actually abused any children, that was the evil men in the photos." I couldn't make her understand that her husband's desire for the photos was every bit as much to blame as those that provided them.

icanhandthemback

The pictures were sent by another man who apparently had many more he could send. I wonder whether he is being prosecuted too.

I understand that the other paedophile was convicted and investigations into his online history revealed Edwards involvement in receiving the images.

The pictures were sent by another man who apparently had many more he could send. I wonder whether he is being prosecuted too.

GrannyGravy13

flappergirl illegal activities are across all social and monetary strata’s.

A convivial public persona is not a true representation of who a person is.

Indeed GrannyGravy. I would actually suggest that there is more corruption at the top of society as those with money and influence have greater access and opportunity to indulge.

flappergirl illegal activities are across all social and monetary strata’s.

A convivial public persona is not a true representation of who a person is.

We will never know but I feel it is highly likely he has friends in high places in the bbc and thats how he’s got away with not getting fired and getting such a massive pay rise even though he wasn’t working! He was known to be unpleasant to those who worked with him and complaints about this have been around for years. But like Saville etc he was untouchable to the establishment. He looks as arrogant today on his way into court as he is reputed to be. He is of the type that nothing touches and as for his mental health some of you feel sorry about, maybe you need to look at the filth he and his pals pass around and then maybe you’d see him for what he is. Children exploited in the vilest way, sickening.

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GrannyGravy13

I was one of the posters who gave him the benefit of doubt I just couldn’t see why a high profile successful male would do what he was alleged

I now realise that fame and money does not prevent one from illegalities.

GrannyGravy, I do hope you're being sardonic. After the plethora of scandals over the last decade involving royalty, politicians, television and radio presenters along with stars of the stage and screen (all of whom were high profile, successful, white middle aged men) you are actually surprised. Surely you don't really believe that those with fame and money possess higher moral standards and that paedophiles, liars and corrupt men are confined to the lower orders. Centuries of history would very, very much suggest otherwise.