Huw Edwards arrives at court this morning

Anniebach

Thank you Cadeby

BlueBell I have no problem with accepting his guilt and the fact that I have always liked him hasn’t diminished, he is a very nice person and I have enjoyed his works. Yes I have met him several times over a long period of time, I met his father Hywel
when he so wanted to be a Plaid Cymru candidate.
Thank you

How very sad. Hywel what a name. How could it have gone so terribly wrong.

Cadeby
An overpowering man, a Welsh Nationalist, his wife was quite gentle , she is still alive, well I think so, she was last year

Anniebach We can be very fond of someone, socialise with them without ever realising they have a dark side, sometimes in plain sight.

After that the fondness turns to incredulity and loathing.

But sometimes there is a delay between out reality and the new reality.

Many men who are sexually attracted to children / adolescents are successful, likable, intelligent and seem empathic. I often wonder if they manage to separate their professional persona from their darker side. Maybe of course, they’re skilled actors, manipulators and deceivers.
I’d liked the head teacher at my children’s primary school. He ran a very happy, successful school. I stopped liking him when it was confirmed he’d sexually abused 6-7 year old girls at his previous school, as well as at ours. One of his victims was in my daughter’s year, a vulnerable child with a difficult background. We are in a ‘middle class’ area as was his previous school. He targeted ‘vulnerable’ girls there.

I wondered if he found it difficult going through the men’s menopause.
I say this because a dear older couple than myself were our neighbours while the lads were young. The couple loved each other a lot but the man changed when he was in his mid to late 50s. His wife, who had been a nurse, mentioned it was due to going through the men’s’ menopause. He kept trying to get me into his garden mentioning that his wife wouldn’t know. He also tried to get into my house which was definitely not like the man I once knew who had a great career.

Cath9, that sounds more like some kind of early onset dementia

Iam64

Cath9, that sounds more like some kind of early onset dementia

That's what I thought too.

Yet again the bbc harbours another pedophile why do we continue to give them our cash so they can pay them ridiculous sums

When someone starts employment they should ask , ‘are you a
pedophile ?’ problem solved

Callistemon213

I must admit I was very shocked.
Frankly I don't care too hoots about his mental health.
What about the mental health of those abused children in the pictures?

Quite right about dismissing the "mental health' issues. At least his £300,000 pa pension will give him some comfort

Anniebach

When someone starts employment they should ask , ‘are you a
pedophile ?’ problem solved

Annie I am very confused by your comments. Some read like telegrams, and others seem very sarcastic.

What do you think should have happened when the accusations started, and what should happen now that he's pleaded guilty?

Doodledog can a person be fired because of a rumour ? many
could lose their jobs if so.

Sorry my posts confuse and perhaps annoy you,.

My post you criticise was a response to ‘bbc harbouring pedophiles, they employ over 21.000

You are right that a rumour alone shouldn't have someone fired, but there was a lot of evidence at the time. What do you think the BBC should have done?

Your posts aren't annoying me, I just struggle to understand your point of view. At times it seems as though you are determined to support him, but I don't know why, when he has admitted his guilt.

I rarely quote the DM and I posted this on page 3, but it shows what the situation was and how it was viewed at the time of his suspension and what the BBC knew

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12296291/Huw-Edwards-spoke-openly-20-year-battle-depression-left-bedridden.html

ie "Depression plus report from mother of young man he was apparently involved with"

Which didn't include all the information as regards all the images he was using that we now know of. So I'm not defending him but understand why the BBC only suspended not sacked him and were contract bound to pay him effectively sick pay.

As regards his pay levels well I dont think anyone should be paid at this level and am sure there are adequate presenters paid less. I dont know what people earn on other major Tv channels.

What evidence ? evidence not hearsay, he pleaded guilty , was found guilty, I do not know what his terms of employment was.
I have not once said ‘I believe him innocent,

Unlike ,it seems, many here, I know little of pedophilia , is it from puberty as is homosexuality. But it’s not permitted to be discussed on this forum, there was a time it could have been.

There was an attempt to discuss paedophilia and what, if anything, can be done about it on this very thread.

I was just asking - there's not need to be so confrontational. It doesn't really matter. He's guilty and that's an end to it. I was simply trying to understand your point of view, but it doesn't matter.

Yes I believe he suffered with depression, I know his relationship with his father troubled him so

Doodledog my posts ? Ok, I have said in this form I now live
in a nursing home, my body is racked with pain ,I chose to live here because I have very little use of fingers, wheelchair for some years. Writing these posts now means injections for pain

I'm sorry for your situation Annie and I'm sorry if the news about HE has upset you.

I am sorry too. I know you have a lot to contend with, which is why I was trying to understand your posts.

Annie he had vile images of children as young as 7 being abused.There is no excuse for that inmost people,s opinions.Mental health or a bad relationship with his father…neither is a reason why accessing and forwarding child abuse is acceptable….even by people who know him.

I have not excused him, I don’t agree with the vast majority here, re mental illness but unlike you PaddyAnne I have an open mind. I do not know.

But we do know. He has admitted it.

Yes, pleaded guilty, found guilty yesterday