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
Has also exited to court with his legal team and we are told that the magistrate should be backin that the magistrate should be back in the court at around 12 30pm with his decision. Over the last 20 minutes or so we heard the defence say that Mr Edwards switches to apologise, he wishes to coach a know how profoundly sorry he is. He says he recognises the repugnant nature of such images aren t a heart that is done to those who appear in such images. For his part in that he apologise sincerely and makes it clear he has the utmost regret. This is significant because it puts forward her remarks how remorseful Mr Edwards is for his crimes. As barrister is using that as a mitigating factor. We have 30 has mental and physical health problems. We have been hurt that he has been struggling for the last few years. Mr edwards s mental Health Battle has been in the Public Domain. He has spoken about it while he was anchoring the ten o clock news. This is significant because we have some timings c
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they very nearly ruined my life. i have certainly seen how they have ruined the lives of others. it s really difficult for me to sit here and talk about this because the whole point of fighting these newspapers is because i was so keen to have my privacy. i feel a sense of duty to expose them, as they ve exposed us. prince harry and sir eltonjohn have launched legal action against the publishers of the daily mail action is being taken- against the sun newspaper. legal action against the mirror group over allegations of phone hacking. who did you hack? it would be quicker to say- who i didn t hack, wouldn t it? it d be easier. celebrities, politicians. i was living in this sort of super highway of illicit information. it was exciting. you felt like a spy. as the years have gone by, - the story has grown and grown. it s 100 times worse - than the press admitted to. these are frankly eyewatering claims. bugging cars, listening to and recording live phone calls, paying police o