| Huw Edwards 11:58 - Sep 16 with 20072 views | Zx1988 |
Reading the coverage of his sentencing, his legal team seem to be making very heavy weather of the fact that his character etc., should count in his favour.
Surely his apparent character and position should count against him, no? Being a trusted public figure such as he was, should he not be held to even higher standards than us mere mortals? |  |
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| Huw Edwards on 12:09 - Sep 16 with 9246 views | J2BLUE |
It's a strange argument. Take into account the character of who this person was pretending to be. |  |
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| Huw Edwards on 12:10 - Sep 16 with 9211 views | textbackup |
A nonce is a nonce regardless of his position or status in life. |  |
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| Huw Edwards on 12:33 - Sep 16 with 9115 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Huw Edwards on 12:10 - Sep 16 by textbackup |
A nonce is a nonce regardless of his position or status in life. |
Paid for 41 images of children, some between 7 and 9 years old, showing penetration.
Much worse than we were originally led to believe. Surely that deserves jail time? |  |
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| Huw Edwards on 12:39 - Sep 16 with 9057 views | itfcjoe |
| Huw Edwards on 12:33 - Sep 16 by GlasgowBlue |
Paid for 41 images of children, some between 7 and 9 years old, showing penetration.
Much worse than we were originally led to believe. Surely that deserves jail time? |
I thought he was sent them and then asked for no more to be sent of underage kids? Not that that makes it ok, and he should have reported it but need to be accurate. |  |
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| Huw Edwards on 12:54 - Sep 16 with 8909 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
I don't like the idea that a person's job should lead them to receive a different sentence than another person committing the same offence with a different job, unless the job is a directly aggravating or mitigating factor in the offence.
For example, the murderer of Sarah Everard (no need to give his name furtger publicity) used his Police warrant card in order to detain her. That is an aggravating factor.
An art dealer, using their professional reputation to perpetrate an art forgery fraud, would be committing the offence because of the assumed professional trust. Aggravating. An art dealer getting in a stupid argument about football in a pub and punching someone: their job is irrelevant.
There is an argument that a BBC Newsreader is in a position of national trust, but when it comes to online child porn, I am more concerned that the individual is prosecuted according to the severity of the offence, and the ongoing risk they pose to children, than their job. | | | |
| Huw Edwards on 12:58 - Sep 16 with 8871 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
6 month suspended sentence. Absolutely disgusting. No justice. |  |
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| Huw Edwards on 13:03 - Sep 16 with 8824 views | Zx1988 |
| Huw Edwards on 12:58 - Sep 16 by LegendofthePhoenix |
6 month suspended sentence. Absolutely disgusting. No justice. |
Absolute joke of a sentence.
How the hell has his defence of 'my mental health made me do it' managed to gain traction with the court?
I (and millions of others) have received treatment for poor mental health in the past. Not once have any of us been led to indulge in noncery as a result. | |
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| The BBC just reported that.... on 13:08 - Sep 16 with 8765 views | Bloots |
| Huw Edwards on 12:39 - Sep 16 by itfcjoe |
I thought he was sent them and then asked for no more to be sent of underage kids? Not that that makes it ok, and he should have reported it but need to be accurate. |
....he was asked if he wanted more of the underage kids and he said "go on" and called them "amazing".
No excuses at all.
He's a paedophile that has basically got away with it because he apologised and said that he had a mental disorder meaning that he couldn't remember receiving them.
A disgusting decision from the justice system. |  |
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| The BBC just reported that.... on 13:28 - Sep 16 with 8561 views | itfcjoe |
| The BBC just reported that.... on 13:08 - Sep 16 by Bloots |
....he was asked if he wanted more of the underage kids and he said "go on" and called them "amazing".
No excuses at all.
He's a paedophile that has basically got away with it because he apologised and said that he had a mental disorder meaning that he couldn't remember receiving them.
A disgusting decision from the justice system. |
I hadn't seen that, but I'd imagine with the way prisons are most people doing this (ie being sent stuff) wouldn't be getting a custodial sentence currently
You'd hope the judge didn't take into account the 'mental disorder' and it is just the correct and standard sentence.
Presume the bloke procuring and sending them gets worse?
Just hard to wrap your head round it though - one of my good mates is a policeman in this field, it's beyond grim | |
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| Huw Edwards on 13:28 - Sep 16 with 8555 views | Illinoisblue |
| Huw Edwards on 13:03 - Sep 16 by Zx1988 |
Absolute joke of a sentence.
How the hell has his defence of 'my mental health made me do it' managed to gain traction with the court?
I (and millions of others) have received treatment for poor mental health in the past. Not once have any of us been led to indulge in noncery as a result. |
I can’t find anywhere in the BBC report anything about the provider of the images who was paid by Edwards. Assume and hope that piece of s5it is at least locked up. [Post edited 16 Sep 2024 13:29]
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| The BBC just reported that.... on 13:32 - Sep 16 with 8482 views | MattinLondon |
| The BBC just reported that.... on 13:28 - Sep 16 by itfcjoe |
I hadn't seen that, but I'd imagine with the way prisons are most people doing this (ie being sent stuff) wouldn't be getting a custodial sentence currently
You'd hope the judge didn't take into account the 'mental disorder' and it is just the correct and standard sentence.
Presume the bloke procuring and sending them gets worse?
Just hard to wrap your head round it though - one of my good mates is a policeman in this field, it's beyond grim |
I disagree with your first paragraph. By being sent such imagery and then asking for more he legitimised the suffering of the victims (children). He’s as guilty as the person doing the actual physical act of abuse. And he deserved prison time. [Post edited 16 Sep 2024 13:33]
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| Huw Edwards on 13:36 - Sep 16 with 8443 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Huw Edwards on 13:28 - Sep 16 by Illinoisblue |
I can’t find anywhere in the BBC report anything about the provider of the images who was paid by Edwards. Assume and hope that piece of s5it is at least locked up. [Post edited 16 Sep 2024 13:29]
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Pretty sure I heard on breakfast radio that he wasn't imprisoned. |  |
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| Huw Edwards on 13:39 - Sep 16 with 8422 views | JakeITFC |
| Huw Edwards on 13:28 - Sep 16 by Illinoisblue |
I can’t find anywhere in the BBC report anything about the provider of the images who was paid by Edwards. Assume and hope that piece of s5it is at least locked up. [Post edited 16 Sep 2024 13:29]
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He got a suspended sentence earlier this year.
Whole story just gets weirder by the day for me, how on earth did Edwards get into a spot where he was paying a teenager to send him random porn over whatsapp? Bizarre. |  | | |
| Huw Edwards on 13:47 - Sep 16 with 8317 views | textbackup |
The cnt hasn’t been sent down.
That’s it, stop the world, I’m done.
How the fck is that even possible!!? | |
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| Huw Edwards on 13:49 - Sep 16 with 8282 views | Zx1988 |
| Huw Edwards on 13:39 - Sep 16 by JakeITFC |
He got a suspended sentence earlier this year.
Whole story just gets weirder by the day for me, how on earth did Edwards get into a spot where he was paying a teenager to send him random porn over whatsapp? Bizarre. |
Apparently because he was clinically fed up (boo hoo).
Equally implausible is his claim that the other chap approached him randomly online, offering him child porn and, rather than ignoring or reporting him, Huw's mental condition caused him to say 'yes please'. | |
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| Huw Edwards on 13:49 - Sep 16 with 8264 views | textbackup |
| Huw Edwards on 13:39 - Sep 16 by JakeITFC |
He got a suspended sentence earlier this year.
Whole story just gets weirder by the day for me, how on earth did Edwards get into a spot where he was paying a teenager to send him random porn over whatsapp? Bizarre. |
All linked somewhere along the line. The judges, the police, the bbc, the nonces… I didn’t believe that could be a thing, but there’s something seriously wrong somewhere. [Post edited 16 Sep 2024 21:05]
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| Huw Edwards on 13:53 - Sep 16 with 8245 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Huw Edwards on 13:47 - Sep 16 by textbackup |
The cnt hasn’t been sent down.
That’s it, stop the world, I’m done.
How the fck is that even possible!!? |
Pity he didn't mention something on facebook, he would have got 5 years. | |
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| Huw Edwards on 13:56 - Sep 16 with 8219 views | Mookamoo |
| Huw Edwards on 12:58 - Sep 16 by LegendofthePhoenix |
6 month suspended sentence. Absolutely disgusting. No justice. |
and he still has £200,000 of our money |  | | |
| Huw Edwards on 13:57 - Sep 16 with 8223 views | _clive_baker_ |
Absolute scum bag.
Prison or not he's fecked his career and life, so no doubt he'll pay the price albeit not in jail. |  | | |
| Huw Edwards on 14:02 - Sep 16 with 8145 views | textbackup |
| Huw Edwards on 13:53 - Sep 16 by Lord_Lucan |
Pity he didn't mention something on facebook, he would have got 5 years. |
I just don’t understand the justice system. Of course many of those ‘rioting’ deserve their punishments, but imagine being in your cell today facing 20months for chucking a piece of wood at police or something… and HE is off home after paying for photos of kids being r*ped.
Unreal. | |
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| Huw Edwards on 14:03 - Sep 16 with 8151 views | itfcjoe |
| Huw Edwards on 13:39 - Sep 16 by JakeITFC |
He got a suspended sentence earlier this year.
Whole story just gets weirder by the day for me, how on earth did Edwards get into a spot where he was paying a teenager to send him random porn over whatsapp? Bizarre. |
There's so many cases where you just can't believe the depths people sink to, or understand why they do - think a lot must be an elemnt of getting away with things and then going further and further until they no longer get away with it (i.e Adam Johnson getting with a 15 year old, when he knew he could pick up different girls every single night if he wanted to).
I guess the mentality of knowing something is illegal, and knowing you are getting away with it - prob for another thread but was thinking about this over the weekend when looking at that awful case in France, and comparing it to the Pakistani men raping underage girls in Rotherham and the likes | |
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| Huw Edwards on 14:09 - Sep 16 with 8104 views | DarkHorse |
| Huw Edwards on 13:47 - Sep 16 by textbackup |
The cnt hasn’t been sent down.
That’s it, stop the world, I’m done.
How the fck is that even possible!!? |
It makes perfect sense. Gotta keep cells open for people posting nasty comments about immigrants on social media. |  | | |
| Huw Edwards on 14:12 - Sep 16 with 8075 views | Zx1988 |
| Huw Edwards on 13:56 - Sep 16 by Mookamoo |
and he still has £200,000 of our money |
Which rather belies the remorse he and his barrister were trying to present in the courtroom earlier.
If he was truly sorry for what he'd done (rather than for getting caught), he'd have handed back his salary as soon has he was asked.
His entire defence/mitigation is gossamer thin yet, it seems, nobody has bothered to give it even the slightest of prods with a pointed stick. | |
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| Huw Edwards on 14:15 - Sep 16 with 8027 views | positivity |
| Huw Edwards on 14:09 - Sep 16 by DarkHorse |
It makes perfect sense. Gotta keep cells open for people posting nasty comments about immigrants on social media. |
"nasty" or incitement to murder? there is a big difference in law [Post edited 16 Sep 2024 14:30]
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