BBC will ‘look at all options’ to reclaim pay from disgraced presenter Huw Edwards
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe BBC has said it will 'look at all options' to reclaim pay from disgraced presenter Huw Edwards. The presenter admitted to accessing indecent photos of children as young as seven after chatting to a man he met online.
On Wednesday (July 31), Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told seven of the 41 indecent images sent to the veteran broadcaster by convicted paedophile Alex Williams were of the most serious type.
BBC director-general Tim Davie has now said the corporation will consider its options to reclaim pay from Edwards after the boss was probed on the corporation’s handling of the case. READ MORE Lucy Meacock’s simple six word message as she ‘bows out’ after 36 years at Granada Reports It comes after the broadcaster said it knew of Edwards’ arrest on 'suspicion of serious offences' back in November last year, but continued employing him until April.
Before Edwards resigned on medical advice, he was the broadcaster’s highest-paid newsreader, with a pay bracket of between £475,000 and £479,999 for the year 2023/24, according to the BBC’s latest annual report.
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