Disgraced former BBC information anchor Huw Edwards has been urged to return the tons of of hundreds of kilos he acquired in wage whereas below arrest for making indecent photos of youngsters.
Edwards, beforehand the BBC’s senior information presenter who fronted occasions together with The Queen’s funeral in 2022, was convicted in July 2024. He had been suspended from the BBC in July 2023 pending investigation and arrested 4 months later. He didn’t resign from the Company till April 2024, and the next July pleaded responsible to the fees.
Throughout his time whereas nonetheless formally an worker however not working, Edwards pocketed £200,000 (USD$266,000) in wage and it’s this cash the BBC now desires again.
Saturday BBC chairman Samir Shah made a public plea that Edwards hand again the cash. He informed Instances Radio:
“If Huw is listening to this: Give it again Huw, simply give it again. Actually, simply give it again. You already know it is best to and it is best to do it.
“We’ve been asking him and asking him and asking him … we’re getting authorized recommendation on it.”
The BBC – which has confronted widespread criticism for its dealing with of the Edwards debacle – has lengthy defined that its arms have been tied. Edwards was nonetheless an worker when he was signed off from work with psychological well being points, and BBC protocols meant that his wage was protected throughout that interval.
The broadcaster has additionally confronted challenges enhancing Edwards out of fashionable programmes like Physician Who, and lots of stay occasions broadcast by the BBC over the previous 20 years.
