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Power The Downfall Of Huw Edwards 2026
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00:30:08Hi.
00:30:09Follow me.
00:30:16Hi.
00:30:17I think I know you.
00:30:18Yes.
00:30:19I can see you.
00:30:29I'm sure I know you do.
00:30:31I can see you.
00:30:33I can see you.
00:30:33I can see you.
00:30:37Oh.
00:30:47Cool.
00:30:50Cool.
00:31:12You have one new message.
00:31:15I'm sorry.
00:31:16I just couldn't hear what I froze.
00:31:18It's me, not you.
00:31:20I promise.
00:31:21Please, don't give up on me.
00:31:24I'm sorry.
00:31:34I'm sorry.
00:31:36I'm sorry.
00:31:39I'm sorry.
00:31:58I'm sorry.
00:32:00I'm sorry.
00:32:16I'm sorry.
00:32:19I'm sorry.
00:32:22I'm sorry.
00:32:32I'm sorry.
00:32:45I'm sorry.
00:32:47I'm sorry.
00:32:48I'm sorry.
00:32:51I'm sorry.
00:32:51I'm sorry.
00:33:16I'm sorry.
00:33:19I'm sorry.
00:33:21I'm sorry.
00:33:23I'm sorry.
00:33:25I'm sorry.
00:33:28I'm sorry.
00:33:53I'm sorry.
00:33:56I'm sorry.
00:33:56I'm sorry.
00:34:25I'm sorry.
00:34:47I'm sorry.
00:34:51I'm sorry.
00:34:52I'm sorry.
00:34:54I'm sorry.
00:34:56I'm sorry.
00:35:00I'm sorry.
00:35:27I'm sorry.
00:35:30I'm sorry.
00:35:30Is that rude?
00:35:40You disgust me.
00:36:13I can't believe I slept all day.
00:36:19I don't know who you are anymore, Ryan. I really don't.
00:36:24And for you to bring that filth into my house.
00:36:33Please.
00:36:38Please don't give up on me.
00:36:40Why not?
00:36:44You've obviously given up on yourself.
00:36:54I'll do anything you ask.
00:36:58I swear.
00:37:00And tell me the truth.
00:37:02The truth?
00:37:04Where all your money comes from.
00:37:10Tell me!
00:37:19There's a...
00:37:24There's a man...
00:37:26He gives us presents and money like...
00:37:32Money for what?
00:37:35And...
00:37:36Stuff.
00:37:39Different stuff.
00:37:41What kind of stuff?
00:37:44Right, and what kind of stuff?
00:37:46Mum, you don't wanna know.
00:37:53You say...
00:37:56You're saying you're gay?
00:37:59It's not about that.
00:38:05I mean...
00:38:08Yeah.
00:38:12Yeah.
00:38:14But that's not why.
00:38:17It's more complicated.
00:38:19It's hard to understand.
00:38:20Then make me understand.
00:38:23Do I know him?
00:38:24No.
00:38:26No.
00:38:26Not exactly.
00:38:27What's his name?
00:38:29Mum, do we really need to do this right now?
00:38:46What are you doing?
00:38:51Yeah.
00:38:52You said you wanted to know who he is, right?
00:39:11With us?
00:39:12Yeah.
00:39:23Oh, um...
00:39:26We need to tell someone.
00:39:28No.
00:39:30No.
00:39:31Ryan is wrong.
00:39:32The media were destroying.
00:39:35He's told me.
00:39:38To control you, love.
00:39:40No.
00:39:40This is...
00:39:41It's what he's gonna do.
00:39:42No, no, no.
00:39:44He means it.
00:39:46You've got too much to lose.
00:39:48I don't care.
00:39:48I don't care.
00:39:49Please, please.
00:39:52I couldn't live with myself.
00:39:54He did something to himself.
00:39:57I couldn't.
00:40:01Mum, seriously, you've got to...
00:40:05Promise me.
00:40:13I promise.
00:40:18Come on.
00:40:19Let's go back inside.
00:40:20No.
00:40:20I bet.
00:40:21You go.
00:40:23Come on.
00:40:31Come on.
00:40:34Let's go back inside.
00:40:36Please.
00:40:38Who says I'm important to it, Mum?
00:40:43Says I'm special.
00:40:55Oh.
00:41:11Think.
00:41:13Heartbroken.
00:41:15But austere.
00:41:17Heartbroken.
00:41:20But austere.
00:41:32Heartbroken.
00:41:34But austere.
00:41:57Heartbroken.
00:41:59But austere.
00:42:01Heartbroken.
00:42:02Heartbroken.
00:42:05Heartbroken.
00:42:06Heartbroken.
00:42:09Heartbroken.
00:42:12Heartbroken.
00:42:14Waho!"
00:42:14Hugh.
00:42:17In your own time?
00:42:23A few moments ago, Buckingham Palace announced the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
00:42:30The palace has just issued this statement.
00:42:32It says that the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
00:42:36The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.
00:42:42Within the past few minutes...
00:42:43I can't believe it's propaganda.
00:42:45One, like, um, favorite he practiced, I'd love you.
00:42:49To recap on the statement, the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
00:42:54Who?
00:42:55Hill.
00:42:58Hill who?
00:43:00His sugar daddy.
00:43:02Never forget, Ryan.
00:43:05The seven Ps.
00:43:07Proper planning and preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
00:43:12I am...
00:43:13I'm sorry.
00:43:14What?
00:43:17He's your sugar daddy.
00:43:20That old fossil.
00:43:26Seriously.
00:43:29You got me joking.
00:43:34Ryan.
00:43:37You're shitting me, right?
00:43:44King Charles, give Hugh Edwards a knighthood.
00:43:48What a consummate professional.
00:43:50Calm, somber...
00:43:51All right, stop, stop, please stop.
00:43:52Oh, and this one.
00:43:53Measured, but powerful gravitas.
00:43:55Hit me like a hammer.
00:43:57Oh, word.
00:43:58Gravitas.
00:43:59Looks like you were right to swerve strictly after all.
00:44:02All right, that's enough.
00:44:04It's not good for my ego.
00:44:05I'm sorry, Britain has spoken.
00:44:07You are literally the voice of the nation.
00:44:09Oh, I don't know about that.
00:44:11I'm just doing my job.
00:44:31If you don't send me $2,500 right now,
00:44:38me and my friends will show the sun and the mirror
00:44:48what you have been doing.
00:44:55Ungrateful shit.
00:44:57What the hell, Sasha?
00:44:59No!
00:44:59You can't send that!
00:45:00Yes!
00:45:01Stop being a pussy.
00:45:04Because I have been speaking to other boys you have spoke to.
00:45:16Stop being a knob and talk to me tomorrow.
00:45:19When you're sober.
00:45:24You're going to let them speak to you like that?
00:45:25No, give me that.
00:45:28When I'm sober, do you want people thinking you're a nut?
00:45:32Do you want people thinking you're a whore?
00:45:34Stop being a dick for fuck's sake.
00:45:37Coming!
00:45:38Don't back off now.
00:45:411.30am.
00:45:42If it ain't in there, then these pictures are going everywhere.
00:45:46Ah, it's blackmail you mean.
00:45:48Ten years in jail for that, princess.
00:45:51It's all here.
00:45:52Talk to you tomorrow, Ryan.
00:45:54You've disappointed me.
00:45:55So you want people knowing you like 17-year-old boys?
00:45:59You're a blackmailer, okay?
00:46:01So you're a what?
00:46:02A paedophile?
00:46:13Happy New Year.
00:46:17Happy New Year.
00:46:21Bit optimistic, innit?
00:46:27You can't let the boy ruin your life.
00:46:30That's not fair on either of us.
00:46:35I know this is hard for you, love.
00:46:40But it's not Ryan's fault.
00:46:43Of course not.
00:46:45It never is.
00:46:47Can we talk about something else?
00:46:49No.
00:46:49We're having this out.
00:46:52I know it's a fucking sickness and everything, but no one's making him snort that shit up his nose.
00:47:00It's not his bloody fault, okay?
00:47:08He's being groomed.
00:47:11What do you want about groomed?
00:47:15Groomed by who?
00:47:17Even now, like, I can't, um...
00:47:21I can't really get my head around here.
00:47:25Karis.
00:47:27Groomed by who?
00:47:35Hugh Edwards.
00:47:39From the news.
00:47:43You're telling me Hugh Edwards, the fucking Hugh Edwards off the telly, is gay for Ryan?
00:47:50I didn't say gay.
00:47:50Did I say gay?
00:47:55No, I know it sounds mad.
00:47:56Don't be daft, nothing mad about that.
00:47:58Makes perfect fucking sense.
00:47:59But Ryan told me.
00:48:00Ryan's off his stock.
00:48:02No, Mick.
00:48:02And so are you if you believe that, bollocks.
00:48:04I have seen text messages from him.
00:48:08He showed me.
00:48:09Are you even hearing yourself?
00:48:10It's true, Mick.
00:48:11What, because your precious angel says?
00:48:12Why would he lie?
00:48:13Because that's what druggies do.
00:48:15They lie, they steal.
00:48:17They fucking infect everything and everyone around them.
00:48:22I need you to believe me.
00:48:24I'm going to bear.
00:48:24No, Mick, please.
00:48:25No, no, I'm sorry.
00:48:26This is where I tap out.
00:48:39Well, sorry doesn't make it right.
00:48:41You know, when you say the things that you say, it hurts.
00:48:43It hurts me deeply.
00:48:45It's not on purpose, honest.
00:48:48It's just things have been, things have been a bit rough lately.
00:48:52Oh, you think that justifies your behavior?
00:48:54I didn't say that, did I?
00:48:57Look, I know I've let you down.
00:48:59No, you've let yourself down.
00:49:00And you know why.
00:49:02Because I'm wasting my potential.
00:49:04I'm sorry, I didn't catch that.
00:49:05Because I'm wasting my potential.
00:49:07Yes, you are.
00:49:08And do you know exactly why that is?
00:49:10Because I don't listen to you enough.
00:49:12No.
00:49:13No, you don't.
00:49:15Now, how much does my little blood-sucking vampire want today?
00:49:19Uh, 200.
00:49:20Hmm?
00:49:21Is that all?
00:49:22Because obviously I'm a fucking walking, talking ATM.
00:49:30So, I'm just going to throw me out.
00:49:32I'll be on the streets.
00:49:34I'll be off cons.
00:49:36You know what?
00:49:39Switch your camera on.
00:49:42Do we have to?
00:49:44Yes.
00:49:51Oh, Christ.
00:49:53I wish I hadn't asked.
00:49:54Okay, so here's the deal.
00:49:56I'll send you yet more fucking money.
00:50:01Thanks.
00:50:03Thanks.
00:50:05But,
00:50:06I want to say this to you.
00:50:08And, Ryan,
00:50:10I want you to listen
00:50:11very clearly
00:50:13and very carefully.
00:50:17Oh,
00:50:18and try not to look like a five-pounder suck meth addict, please.
00:50:26Well, is he going to pay you or what?
00:50:31Ryan?
00:50:33What?
00:50:33Is the prick sign the money?
00:50:35Uh, uh, yeah.
00:50:38So?
00:50:39What?
00:50:39By the face?
00:50:47You don't have to see him.
00:50:50Yeah.
00:50:52I do.
00:50:53What?
00:50:53Because he says so.
00:50:55Fuck off.
00:50:56I owe him, Sash.
00:51:00I owe him for everything.
00:51:02Is that what the old perverts been telling you?
00:51:03He's not an old pervert, okay?
00:51:06He's not.
00:51:08It's just hard for him to have, like, a normal relationship.
00:51:11That's all it is.
00:51:12Is that what you want?
00:51:16I don't know.
00:51:18What if I do?
00:51:19Fuck me.
00:51:21Unless you'd be telling me you're in love.
00:51:25Oh, my God.
00:51:28Ryan.
00:51:29Love isn't being shit scared of someone.
00:51:33Love isn't being some on-demand, fawn sex doll.
00:51:38Love isn't that fucked-up thing in the mirror.
00:51:41All right.
00:51:44So what is love, then, Sash?
00:51:49What is love, Sash?
00:51:52Come on, Miss Fuckin'.
00:51:53One train wreck after another.
00:51:55Tell me, what is love?
00:51:56Spill the tea.
00:51:59Maybe I don't have a fucking clue.
00:52:04But I do know one thing.
00:52:07Bare minimum for love
00:52:10is being able to say no to someone.
00:52:14Who doesn't do no?
00:52:18Well, then,
00:52:20you'd best piss off.
00:52:22And I'll keep Daddy waiting.
00:52:24And I'll keep Daddy waiting.
00:52:51And I'll keep Daddy waiting.
00:53:10I told you I wasn't off my head.
00:53:12What are you on about?
00:53:13See for yourself.
00:53:20It's him, it's...
00:53:21Kate Wetwood.
00:53:23I don't get it.
00:53:24How come you've seen this?
00:53:24Ryan's forgotten to log out of his Instagram on my phone again.
00:53:27And you can read their messages?
00:53:28Yeah, and he is in Cardiff.
00:53:30Now.
00:53:31He's here.
00:53:32And we're meant to meet up.
00:53:34See, this is what my Ryan has been dealing with.
00:53:40He's saying that he's going back to the station.
00:53:42He's going back to London.
00:53:44When?
00:53:45Now.
00:53:46Now.
00:53:57I've left messages on your ins.
00:53:59But I don't know where the fuck you are.
00:54:01I'm rapidly losing patience, Ryan.
00:54:03You'd better have a cast iron reason for standing me up.
00:54:10Fuck him.
00:54:19Now.
00:54:21I have to love.
00:54:24Huh?
00:54:26So maybe one.
00:54:27Yeah.
00:54:29I'm very proud.
00:54:32So maybe 21?
00:54:55Please tell me you didn't give him a hiding.
00:54:57I wish. I didn't even talk to him.
00:55:00Were you too late?
00:55:02We're in the wrong proxy platform, but I videoed him with my phone.
00:55:07That's something, at least.
00:55:10No, that's more than something, that's evidence.
00:55:14Mick.
00:55:24He's still there?
00:55:27Mick.
00:55:28Sorry, sir, I have no idea what you're talking about.
00:55:30I don't know how to be any clearer.
00:55:30Who fucking Edwards, the famous fucking newsreader, yeah, is funding my stepson's fucking drug habit?
00:55:37Watch your language.
00:55:38Watch my fucking language when you BBC pricks get your nonsense under control.
00:55:42I'm going to have to ask you to leave, sir.
00:55:43I ain't going anywhere before I make an official complaint.
00:55:47There's a number for complaints.
00:55:48May I suggest you use that?
00:55:50May I suggest you fuck off, get your boss down here pronto.
00:55:56Sir, you are being abusive and threatening.
00:55:59If you do not leave immediately I'll be forced to call the police.
00:56:01I just want him to stop giving Ryan money, it's not fucking complicated!
00:56:04What's going on now?
00:56:05Ah, fuck off!
00:56:10The BBC want bank statements, Instagram messages, screenshots.
00:56:16I've already spent an hour on the phone with these people.
00:56:19I've told them what the problem is!
00:56:21Fine, just give them the proof they need.
00:56:25Nah.
00:56:26Nah.
00:56:27They ain't getting anything.
00:56:29I made a complaint like they asked.
00:56:30Either they take it seriously or they don't.
00:56:32I'm not jumping through hoops for them or anyone.
00:56:36So we give up?
00:56:38Two bollocks.
00:56:41We're gonna go to the papers.
00:56:54You wanted to see me?
00:56:55Yes.
00:56:56Follow me.
00:57:00So, do you know what this is?
00:57:01Yeah.
00:57:02Everyone does.
00:57:03You've been after Hugh Edwards for a while.
00:57:05Since 2018.
00:57:07That is how long I've been investigating this prick.
00:57:09I've lost track of the number of young men who've contacted us about him.
00:57:13And we still haven't published?
00:57:15Why?
00:57:16Because it's not been in the public's interest.
00:57:19Until now.
00:57:20Hopefully.
00:57:21Yesterday, a Mick Granger reached out to us claiming he and his partner have lodged an official complaint about Hugh
00:57:27Edwards with the BBC.
00:57:28Turns out he's been grooming their son since he was 17.
00:57:32And bankrolling his drug habit in the process.
00:57:35And you want me to go and talk to them?
00:57:37You did say you wanted something a bit more challenging to do, didn't you?
00:58:04And I want signed affidavits as soon as possible, from here on we need to be legally watertight.
00:58:08Yep.
00:58:09I've got local solicitors on standby.
00:58:11Excellent.
00:58:12Anything else?
00:58:14You've got this, Scarlett.
00:58:17So, no pressure then.
00:58:26OK.
00:58:30OK.
00:58:34OK.
00:58:35OK.
00:58:46OK, then.
00:58:54This wasn't my bloody idea.
00:58:57I just want to make that clear right now.
00:59:01Yeah.
00:59:03Oh, thanks, Mick.
00:59:18What have I missed?
00:59:21Well, um...
00:59:24Karis was just...
00:59:27expressing her reservations.
00:59:31This has to stop, love.
00:59:34And not just for writing soup.
00:59:49Okay.
00:59:59Where do you want us to start?
01:00:01So you knew about the relationship for a while.
01:00:04It's not a relationship.
01:00:06Okay, let's get that straight.
01:00:07I apologise.
01:00:08That man has used and abused my boy.
01:00:13I understand.
01:00:15Really?
01:00:18Are you a mother?
01:00:20No.
01:00:20Then I doubt you can possibly understand.
01:00:22Karis.
01:00:23Well, let's be honest.
01:00:25All you really give a toss about is your big story.
01:00:28No offence.
01:00:29I'm not digging him.
01:00:34You're right.
01:00:35This is a big story.
01:00:36In fact, it could be massive.
01:00:38But an equally no offence.
01:00:41You're wrong to call it my story.
01:00:45Because it's your story, Karis.
01:00:47It's Mick's.
01:00:49And most importantly, it's Ryan's.
01:00:53I just want to be able to tell it.
01:01:09Oh, I know I should have said something sooner.
01:01:13Ryan said that it would destroy you if I spoke about it.
01:01:20And I know I should have been stronger.
01:01:24I should have been shouting it from the rooftops.
01:01:29But he just was so...
01:01:35genuinely terrified.
01:01:38I'm sure that's the exact reaction he was counting on.
01:01:46But I still let my baby down.
01:01:49Bollocks of you.
01:01:50You're as much of a victim in this as Ryan is.
01:01:53Mick's right.
01:01:54What affects your child affects you.
01:01:58That's what makes you a mum.
01:01:59I just want him to stay away from Ryan.
01:02:04That's all.
01:02:08I want my son back.
01:02:12I fucking love you, Ryan.
01:02:14But you kill me.
01:02:16Ryan would sometimes borrow my mobile.
01:02:19And I'd sometimes screenshot the messages he'd forget to delete.
01:02:22Because he'd be off his head on crack and every other fucking drug you can mention.
01:02:28Sorry, love.
01:02:30It's true.
01:02:31Anyway, he doesn't know I have them.
01:02:34Are there any more of these?
01:02:36Yeah, loads.
01:02:37And of course we've got Mick's video.
01:02:42Poor video.
01:02:48This is surreal.
01:02:50No.
01:02:51This is proof.
01:02:54Scarlet, are you sure the parents are on the level?
01:02:56Oh, yeah.
01:02:57100%.
01:02:57What's your gut telling you about them?
01:03:00I feel totally helpless.
01:03:02Well, helpless and unheard.
01:03:24Oh, shit.
01:03:27Babes, just ignore the rank, bro.
01:03:29Fine.
01:03:31Be his pussy lap, dog.
01:03:41I, uh, look, I know I said I'd send those pics.
01:03:44The fucking press are sniffing around me.
01:03:46Your fucking family have gone to the fucking sun.
01:03:49How could you betray me like this?
01:03:51It wasn't me.
01:03:52Don't lie to me.
01:03:53They've got copies of all our text conversations.
01:03:55They've got dates.
01:03:56They've even got a video of me at Cardiff Station.
01:03:58I didn't say anything, okay?
01:04:00Oh, really?
01:04:01Well, mummy dearest is claiming otherwise, according to her, you've been quite a little share in her.
01:04:05Ah, I'm sorry.
01:04:06Sorry?
01:04:08Sorry?
01:04:08You've completely fucked me, Ryan!
01:04:14It's got back to my bosses at the BBC, and they've suspended me.
01:04:19They've taken everything.
01:04:22Not everything.
01:04:24I told the country that the queen was dead.
01:04:27I told the whole world.
01:04:30That means nothing to them.
01:04:33Nothing at all.
01:04:34God.
01:04:37You must hate me so much.
01:04:39Not as much as I love you.
01:04:44You mean that?
01:04:46You trusted your mother, albeit foolishly.
01:04:50She let you down.
01:04:51You're not to blame for that.
01:04:53Yeah, but I am to blame for letting you down.
01:04:55You?
01:04:57I am to blame for betraying you.
01:04:59No, I shouldn't have said that.
01:05:01That was wrong of me.
01:05:03Deep down, I know you wouldn't intentionally hurt me.
01:05:07Oh, no.
01:05:08No, no fucking way I wouldn't.
01:05:11And I also know that you're still loyal.
01:05:14Yeah.
01:05:16I'll always be loyal.
01:05:22But we do have a major problem now.
01:05:26Okay.
01:05:28So how can I help?
01:05:32I'm really glad you asked me that.
01:06:06I'm really glad you asked me that.
01:06:07I'm really glad you asked me that.
01:06:37apology you can go whistle. Just let him see his piece.
01:06:45He said you have an offer.
01:07:00Who? He's really sad that all this has happened.
01:07:02Well we didn't expect him to be doing fucking cartwheels.
01:07:05Son, they don't give a fuck about me. They don't give a fuck about you.
01:07:09They only give a fuck about the story.
01:07:11Okay? I mean this is gonna be a total shit show.
01:07:14And not just for Hill, but for me and all.
01:07:16Boo fucking who?
01:07:21Ma'am.
01:07:25What hurts him?
01:07:28It really hurts me.
01:07:30Just get to the point, Brian.
01:07:37We can still stop this.
01:07:39Why the hell would we want to do that?
01:07:41Because he could help you.
01:07:44Like he's helped you?
01:07:45He has money.
01:07:47He has money. Lots of it.
01:07:50We are in this hell hole.
01:07:54Because of his money.
01:07:56Meaning he can shove it up his fucking arse.
01:08:01Shall you?
01:08:05We're not for sale.
01:08:06Unlike you.
01:08:26We areеля.
01:08:37We are now for sale.
01:08:37We are now for sale.
01:08:55We'll call him a top BBC star for now.
01:09:01So he gets a free fucking pass.
01:09:03Ben, I swear...
01:09:04You read what our grooming experts said.
01:09:06Hugh Edwards is a promiscuous sexual predator.
01:09:09You think I like this?
01:09:12Treading on eggshells instead of going scorched earth?
01:09:15The boy's not a public figure.
01:09:18We'll write nothing that can possibly identify him.
01:09:21We won't even disclose his sex.
01:09:22A powerful, influential man is sexually grooming a vulnerable young person.
01:09:27That's the story.
01:09:30We'll out with it.
01:09:32Ryan was 17 when they first met online.
01:09:3570, yes.
01:09:37And now he's 20.
01:09:39They'll just say the sun maliciously outed a national treasure with mental health issues.
01:09:47My decision stands.
01:09:55Well?
01:09:57They're not naming him.
01:09:59You are.
01:10:04Scarlet reckons the media will turn it into a whole gay thing.
01:10:09Gay thing?
01:10:10He's a fucking nonce.
01:10:13How is that not a story?
01:10:17The unnamed male presenter has now been suspended.
01:10:21The BBC has been in contact with police.
01:10:24He's saying no formal allegation has been made so far.
01:10:28He's alleged to be a great young person to have made a prison.
01:10:34Are you okay, baby?
01:10:47I've just eaten some food before bed.
01:10:52I'm feeling like ending it, baby.
01:10:55I'm so fucking low, it's beyond control.
01:11:01Please don't heal.
01:11:05Please.
01:11:08I beg you.
01:11:10I would never be able to forgive myself.
01:11:15I promise you.
01:11:18I'll fight.
01:11:20Just continue living your life and be happy because you haven't done anything wrong.
01:11:28Well, this is about you and me.
01:11:34Yes.
01:11:36Yes.
01:11:37Yes.
01:11:42Are you not going to be named?
01:11:47We might both be named over the weekend.
01:12:05In light of the recent reporting regarding the BBC presenter,
01:12:10I'm making this statement on behalf of my husband, Hugh Edwards,
01:12:13after what have been five extremely difficult days for our family.
01:12:17I am doing this primarily out of concern for his mental well-being and to protect our children.
01:12:25What about my child?
01:12:27What about Ryan?
01:12:29Hugh is suffering from serious mental health issues.
01:12:33As is well documented, he has been treated for severe depression in recent years.
01:12:39The events of the last few days have greatly worsened matters.
01:12:43He has suffered another serious episode
01:12:47and is now receiving inpatient hospital care.
01:12:50I would like to ask that the privacy of my family
01:12:53and everyone else caught up in these upsetting events is respected.
01:12:59Once well enough to do so,
01:13:01he intends to respond to the stories that have been published.
01:13:06I know that Hugh is deeply sorry that so many colleagues have been impacted by the recent media speculation.
01:13:13We hope this statement will bring that to an end.
01:13:23Today, the Met put out a statement.
01:13:26Detectives from the Met's Specialist Crime Command have now concluded their assessment
01:13:31and have determined there is no information to indicate
01:13:34that a criminal offence has been committed.
01:13:37It's like...
01:13:39suddenly we're the baddies and all this.
01:13:42Everyone hates us.
01:13:43They might hate me more.
01:13:46I'm sorry.
01:13:48Why are you sorry?
01:13:49For dragging you into all this.
01:13:51You're kidding, right?
01:13:53Charis, this is the most important thing I have ever done.
01:13:59No regrets, right?
01:14:01No regrets.
01:14:06Night, love.
01:14:08Night, Charis.
01:14:14Excuse me.
01:14:38What happens to me now?
01:14:42What happens to me now?
01:14:42What happens to me now?
01:14:42What happens to me now?
01:14:47What happens to me now?
01:14:57What happens to me now?
01:14:57What happens to me now?
01:14:57What happens to me now?
01:14:58What happens to me now?
01:14:58What happens to me now?
01:14:59What happens to me now?
01:15:00What happens to me now?
01:15:00What happens to me now?
01:15:00What happens to me now?
01:15:01What happens to me now?
01:15:03What happens to me now?
01:15:04What happens to me now?
01:15:08What happens to me now?
01:15:10What happens to me now?
01:15:25So let's just clarify this, the accused, that's you, texted with the message naughty pics and vids, unsure if you'd
01:15:36like.
01:15:36The reply came back, go on, you messaged, young, and again the reply came back, go on.
01:15:45You then sent a category A moving image of a male child aged between seven and nine, with the message,
01:15:53quite young looking, to which a Mr. Edwards responded that it can be deceptive, and asked, any more? Is that
01:16:01correct?
01:16:01Yes.
01:16:03And that was to Hugh Edwards, as in the newsreader?
01:16:10Yes.
01:16:11Yes.
01:16:26Yes.
01:16:29Yes.
01:16:39Yes.
01:16:41Yes.
01:16:53Yes.
01:16:56Yes.
01:17:04Yes.
01:17:09Yes.
01:17:34Mr. Hugh Edwards, can we come in?
01:17:36Metropolitan Police.
01:17:46Are you here to pull up?
01:17:48What's happened?
01:17:51Indecent images of young children.
01:17:5441 separate instances.
01:17:57Jesus.
01:17:59How young?
01:18:01The children, I mean.
01:18:03I don't know exact details, but given the charges,
01:18:06very young, probably.
01:18:09I mean, he's stringing up.
01:18:12The police have only just now announced his arrest.
01:18:17Correct.
01:18:20And they've got pictures of Ryan as well.
01:18:27Well, no.
01:18:31Videos, then.
01:18:33There's no indication Ryan's involved.
01:18:41Then I'm confused.
01:18:44As far as we know, there's no connection to Ryan.
01:18:50So this has all been for nothing.
01:18:56The stress, the hate, the names...
01:19:00You can't think like that.
01:19:02The fucking launch is getting banged up.
01:19:05It's a done deal.
01:19:07Tell her.
01:19:08If found guilty, he should definitely serve prison time.
01:19:13He's out of Ryan's life.
01:19:15That's what you wanted, love.
01:19:17Mm.
01:19:21I wanted justice for Ryan.
01:19:27I wanted that bastard to pay for what he did to my boy.
01:19:36Our reporter is at Westminster Magistrates Court,
01:19:39where former BBC presenter Hugh Edwards has arrived.
01:19:42He's been charged with making indecent images of children.
01:19:45Yes, a dramatic return to the public eye here today for Hugh Edwards,
01:19:49though in circumstances few could imagine during these decades
01:19:53as the face of the evening news.
01:19:55The former newsreader arrived here at Westminster Magistrates Court
01:19:59just a moment ago, walking slowly into a wall of cameras.
01:20:14I'd been managing, so to speak, my interest in men since 1994.
01:20:22And then suddenly I was connecting with all these men and women on social media.
01:20:29I was being told that I was attractive.
01:20:32Sexy.
01:20:35I'd never experienced that before.
01:20:37Back then at the BBC, if you weren't Oxbridge,
01:20:39you were considered an outsider, some provincial hack.
01:20:45And then, of course, there was my Welsh accent.
01:20:48Yes, I was sent certain images.
01:20:50And yes, I may have even opened them, but that's as far as it went.
01:20:57Honestly, during that period, I remember very little about anything.
01:21:03Or anyone, for that matter.
01:21:21All right, Pat?
01:21:23Long time no see.
01:21:26Hey, Sash.
01:21:36Back to the old deliveries.
01:21:39Yeah.
01:21:40In between college stuff.
01:21:42Doing catering now.
01:21:44Cool.
01:21:47No, no, no, no.
01:21:48I'm good.
01:21:49It's not my thing anymore.
01:21:51I'm glad.
01:21:53Shit never agreed with you.
01:21:59So, who fucking Edwards, right?
01:22:02How insane is that?
01:22:05Yeah.
01:22:07Yeah, it's a lot.
01:22:09You sort of dodged a bullet there.
01:22:13Sorry.
01:22:16There's a lot of it about, though.
01:22:18What do you mean?
01:22:19Me and my mate, Jax, we were in court a while back.
01:22:24Yeah, yeah, I heard you got nicked.
01:22:26No drama.
01:22:27Just a bit of weed-like.
01:22:28Anyway, same day, this guy, Jax, knew from school, Alex Williams, he got a year suspended
01:22:38for sick old kiddie stuff.
01:22:40Alex Williams?
01:22:44What does he look like?
01:22:46Like he belongs in a pivot at Hogwarts or something.
01:22:51I talk about a creepy fuck.
01:22:59What?
01:23:03Ryan, what is it?
01:23:06I had a date with him once.
01:23:10But we sat right here.
01:23:16He's the reason why I started talking to Hill.
01:23:20Jesus.
01:23:22Yeah.
01:23:27They were both pedophiles, Satch.
01:23:33Both of them.
01:23:37And I never, ever knew.
01:23:42All I wanted was some cash, the price of changes.
01:23:47It's all.
01:23:49It's all.
01:23:54It's all.
01:24:12It's all.
01:24:32And finally, tonight, at Westminster Magistrates Court today, Judge Paul Goldspring handed me
01:24:37a six-month suspended sentence for multiple counts of making indecent images of children.
01:24:42My conviction is based on statements provided by convicted paedophile Alex Williams and the
01:24:47messages we shared between December 2020 and August 2021.
01:24:53During that period, I received and viewed 41 images of children ranging from Category A
01:24:57to Category C, one of whom was aged between seven and nine years old.
01:25:04So what exactly do these offence categories mean?
01:25:07Category A depicts penetrative sexual acts, sexual activity with animals, or acts of sadism.
01:25:13Category B covers non-penetrative sexual acts.
01:25:16And Category C includes indecent images not falling into Categories A or B, such as those
01:25:21depicting children in sexually suggestive poses or with exposed body parts.
01:25:26However, despite the seriousness of my offences, I was able to avoid imprisonment and still
01:25:31remain at liberty.
01:25:35And that's all from me.
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