I know we have all felt let down and worried about the impact on the BBC
It was known for a few years he was messaging an assortment of lads in the newsroom for drinks etc, yet the feeling is senior editors might have turned a blind eye
You should know that I'm programmed by the BBC to tell the truth.
I liked that man, he was always my favourite on TV
Ultimately ... It may simply come down to Huw Edwards doing the right thing and repaying the money based on his moral obligation.”
At the time of the offences and over a period of two to three years, Mr Edwards described a deterioration in the relationship.
His social media engagement presented as an easy way to manage his low mood and provided him with a number of men and women who were motivated to be sexual with him which not only boosted his fragile self-esteem but allowed him to re-engage with his sexual interest in men which had been managed since 1994.
I consider that all of this, including and, as well as the persistent depressive disorder, with intermittent bouts of clinical depression...significantly and adversely affected Mr Edwards' decision making in relation to looking after himself and, crucially in this context, his interaction with co-workers and strangers via social media
Mr Edwards is a complex individual, with a psychologically challenging upbringing, in which his relationship with his father was particularly challenging and probably damaging psychologically
He has expressed some disappointment that although family members had commented on these changes, there had not been a greater effort by those around him to challenge him openly about this.
The feelings of being desirable and unseen alongside Mr Edwards' unresolved sexual orientation created a perfect storm where he engaged in sexual infidelities and became vulnerable to people blackmailing him.
Edwards' defence argued the case for his ill mental health, alongside the fact he did not go on and distribute the images himself
I've never had that and I've done hundreds of them,
I make clear that the loss of your distinguished career and the financial and reputational damage caused are not, in my view, significant mitigating factors, but rather natural consequences of your behaviour which you brought upon yourself.
He still hasn't repaid his salary and dragged us through the mud again
Huw had huge talent and presence but has always been very prickly and thin-skinned'
He wishes the court, through me, to know how profoundly sorry he is. He recognises the repugnant nature of such indecent images and the hurt that is done to those who appear in such images."
We are appalled by his crimes. He has betrayed not just the BBC, but audiences who put their trust in him."
Accessing indecent images of children perpetuates the sexual exploitation of them, which has deep, long-lasting trauma for these victims."
He didn't use them for any personal gratification and he didn't gain any gratification from those indecent images,