British Radio Friday BBC Ha He asked To his former show host Hugh Edwards, who is accused of paying a minor for explicit sexual images, to return the salary he received between November 8, the date of his arrest, and April 2024, when he resigned: 200,000 pounds, about 230,000 euros (this is from public money, as in BBC It is the public broadcasting corporation.
Edwards, 62, who has worked for British national television for more than 40 years, is accused of three counts of producing 37 sexually explicit images of a minor, which were exchanged via WhatsApp chat between December 2020 and April 2022. He admitted the charges last July.
The scandal surrounding him emerged in July 2023 after an article was published in a popular newspaper. sun Where it was said that the presenter BBC The unnamed man allegedly gave £35,000 (€41,000) to a minor in exchange for some sexual images. The two exchanged photos and arranged video calls, with the minor appearing on camera in at least one case in his underwear. The contacts were supposed to last for several years, as the person in question was 17 years old.
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