The BBC has given up any hope that Huw Edwards will return the £200,000 he was paid after his arrest for making indecent images of children, despite the newsreader’s return to the public eye.
BBC bosses have appealed to Edwards to hand back the salary he was paid for the five months between his arrest and departure from the corporation in April 2024.
One of the BBC’s highest-paid presenters, Edwards pleaded guilty to three charges of accessing indecent photographs of children sent to him by a convicted sex offender via WhatsApp.
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The broadcaster has said it would not have continued to pay Edwards public money if he had been “up front when asked by the BBC about his arrest”.
