that is what his barrister, philip evans, defending mr edwards, hasjust told philip evans, defending he arrived at the court if he wished to apologise. and it is here that _ wished to apologise. and it is here that we _ wished to apologise. and it is here that we are _ wished to apologise. and it is here that we are hearing - wished to apologise. and it is here that we are hearing that| here that we are hearing that remorse, that regret, which often goes some way when sentence is being passed, if there is a sense of remorse, that can be reflected, can't it? the other points that were being made is, what happens next is well in terms of rehabilitation? any prospect of a relapse? there is a tool that can be used to assess that kind of risk. yes, that's right, the probation service is just a predictor to see if has posed any threat. it came out has medium risk. the event and can be linked to the grave situation of his mental health, says his barrister. the key period of offending was in 2020, when his mental health had deteriorated. the facts of his celebrity is often a mitigating facto

philip evans casey told the court mr edwards wishes to apologise.nises he has betrayed the priceless trust and faith of so many people. we know that the 63—year—old received hundreds of indecent images, 41 of them were of children. seven of them of an extreme sexual nature and two of them were of a child between the ages of seven and nine. but today, he has shown how remorseful he is. it is something the chief magistrate took into account when sentencing him. we are still hearing comments from the magistrate. in the last minute or so he told edwards, he concluded the custody threshold had been crossed. he said the appropriate sentence would be 12 months for the most severe abuse images but taking into account the mitigation and early guilty plea, the sentence would be six months, suspended for two years. we also heard that edwards will be placed on the sex offender register for seven years, meaning he has to notify the police of his whereabouts. a massive fall from grace for somebody who was the face of bbc news, now a convicted sex offender who has

his barrister, philip evans, told the court that mr evans —— mr edwards wishes to apologise and thatourt no how profoundly sorry he is. he acknowledges the hurt that is done to do is appear in such images. we apologise sincerely and makes it clear he has the utmost regret. he recognises the priceless trust and faith of so many people he has ruined and he has truly sorry that he has committed these offences. he has demonstrated real recognition of the harm such images calls. he has also gone on to say that the offence and can be linked to the grave situation of mr edwards was �*s mental health. he said the key period of offending was in late 2020, after his mental health had deteriorated. he had begun receiving treatment for mental ill health in 2019 and that was inevitably interrupted by the pandemic in 2020. so there has been a lot of talk about his mental health here, lots of mitigating factors that has barrister has put forward, such as this is his first offence. a prison sentence is a possibility. we saw him walking earlier he could be sent unless sex offenders programme. the chi

philip evans casey told the court that first wished to apologise and he is profoundly sorry. outside, you can see that a large number of camera operators and photographers are waiting for this case to conclude. the chief magistrate retired to consider the sentencing and drafters remarks about ten minutes ago, saying he would be back at about 12:30pm, so in about half an hour. we had further about the nature of the offences, with huw edwards having admitted injuly offences, with huw edwards having admitted in july that offences, with huw edwards having admitted injuly that he had received 41 images of child abuse which were sent to him on whatsapp. the estimated age of the children in most of the pictures was between 13 and 15, but one was aged between seven and nine. we will keep an eye on what is happening there. a number of my colleagues inside the building and out are keeping us abreast of what is happening in this case. let's see if we can speak to our senior uk correspondent, sima kotecha, who has been following the live reporting by our colleagues who are inside the cou

you are pointing to that period when philip evans . dramatically.at period when philip evans was talking about services being provided in 2019 and late 2020. you were talking about how they were trying to link it to the period of the lockdown on the pandemic, which most of our viewers will recall so well. , �* most of our viewers will recall so well. , ~ ., , ., most of our viewers will recall so well. , ~ ., i. most of our viewers will recall so well. , ~ ., ., well. yes, indeed. and also you had on this morning _ well. yes, indeed. and also you had on this morning a _ well. yes, indeed. and also you had on this morning a very _ well. yes, indeed. and also you had on this morning a very experiencedl on this morning a very experienced specialist lawyer in child abuse cases, who made the point, quite rightly, that these days, about four out of five cases, even the most serious, category age bracket, people don�*t go to prison. weather thatis people don�*t go to prison. weather that is because of a change of sentencing policy or maybe prisons are over

captivity in indonesia is remote port province. philip mack tens landed safely into casa on saturday nights ups to being held captive almost 19 months. so evans reports the cost of being held captive by toppling rebels in indonesia. so almost 19 months, new zealand pilot philip mountains is free for the least substitute as health as stable, although he has seriously lost a lot of weight. but he is, well, you're not psychologically we've done counseling and he's good. no sign of p t s. had no cause, he won't be global. and motions was seized by the west. popular liberation, i mean in february 2023 on a remote landing strip and into the projects. the video is released by the rebel group, showed them setting mountains playing on file before flying into the jungle. indonesian security forces resorts to increasingly desperate measures to rescue much and up to 6 members of his task, both with 2 twins, one went missing, repeated attempts to rescue and save the military. has the meetings on a cross drop in conducting a strike. the new zealand government work closely with indonesia. it says that face to series of challenge. well, the hottest thing an

philip met and landed safely into console. and so i say nice up to being held captive for almost 19 months. so evans has spoke of to being held captive by toppling rebels and indonesia for almost 19 months. new zealand pilot phillip mountains is free for the least substitute as health as stable, although he has seriously lost a lot of weight. but he is, well, you're not psychologically we've done counseling and he's good. no sign of p t. s. had no cause he won't be global on motions was seized by the west. popular liberation. i mean, in february 2023 on a remote landing strip and into the projects video is released by the rebel group, showed them setting mountains, playing on file before flying into the jungle. indonesia and security forces resorts to increasingly desperate measures to rescue mountain. up to 6 members of his task, both with 2 twins, one went missing, repeated attempts to rescue and save the military. has the meetings on a cross drop in conducting a strike. the new zealand government work closely with indonesia. it says that face to series of challenges, will the hottest thing an env