At westminster magistrates Court Today. This is the scene there live were going to leave the live pictures on the side of your screen, so we wont miss his arrival. Its not certain he will be sentenced today. The Chief Magistrate may decide he doesnt have sufficient Sentencing Powers and could send the case Up To a crown court. So we are continuing to monitor that live scene there at westminster magistrates court, where we are expecting the 63 year old to appear for that hearing. We will continue to monitor that on the side of your screen. Monitor that on the side of yourscreen. But monitor that on the side of your screen. But now, to our other main story today. Donald trump has said he is safe and well, after what the fbi described as a second apparent Assassination Attempt against him. A secret Service Agent spotted an Assault Rifle poking out of bushes on the former president s Florida Golf Course within several hundred metres of where he was playing. The agent opened fire. The susp
Children, seven were said to be of an extreme sexual nature. Two involved a child between the ages of seven and nine. When he appeared in the Court Backin when he appeared in the Court back injuly, his barrister told the Court Mr edwards did not keep any images, did not send any to anyone else and did not and has not sought similar images from anywhere else. We also had he had Mental Health and physical health problems. The prosecution asked the magistrate to consider a suspended Sentence But Prison is a possibility. There are other options like a Community Order or sending him on a sex offender programme. We should find out more whether the sentencing is going to take place after ten oclock when the hearing starts. No doubt about it, this is a huge full from grace. One of the Bbc Newss biggest star is now a convicted criminal awaiting his punishment. Convicted criminal awaiting his punishment punishment. Talk to us a little bit more about punishment. Talk to us a little bit more about
Possibility that magistrates sends the case to the Crown Court if he feels he does not have sufficient sentencing powers. A reminder of the case. Huw edwards were sent hundreds of explicit images over a 16 month period, 41 of them involved children, seven were deemed to be of an extremely serious sexual nature and two of those images involved a child between the ages of seven and nine. Injuly, when he made and nine. Injuly, when he made an appearance here, when he pleaded guilty, his barrister spoke to the court saying that mr edwards did not keep any images, did not send any to anyone else and did not and has not sought to similar images from anywhere else. The prosecution asked the magistrate to consider a suspended sentence but a Prison Sentence as possible. But there are other options, such as a Community Order or being sent on a sex offender programme. He has arrived, the hearing is about to start imminently. Like i said, a large Media Presence here today with many wondering what
There at the high court. For the next a0 minutes or so, the Bbc News Channel stayed on live pictures of the outside of the courtroom, awaiting what turned out to be a rather brief shot of the duke leaving the building Chris Collins echoed that who thought. We asked bbc news for their response to those points and they told us. Although there were many cameras outside the courtroom, there werent any inside, which meant reporters had to relay what was going on via live online updates or wait till they were outside the high court to summarise what had been said on television. The only visual material of what happened in court via drawings by the courtroom artist, although sky news filmed a ginger bearded actor voicing prince harrys words. Tom boadle tweeted. Well, lets discuss this issue of whether there should be more tv tv cameras allowed in british courts with the legal commentator joshua rosenberg, who, of course, spent 15 years as the bbc s legal correspondent. Thank you so much for c