TopCat
Putin fanboy
I recall it well. It was no technicality. You are out of order
BBC presenter Huw Edwards suspended over paying for sexual pics.
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tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
David Bowie, on the other hand.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Post reported. Are you trying to get Urban75 sued or something?
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cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Yeah, me too an hour or so back.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
On phone so I won't quote, but the magistrate's comments about needing to know his state of mind and other things at the time of the offence seemed worryingly sympathetic. Don't get me wrong those things should be known, but I get the impression the normal wording is just 'to allow pre sentencing reports'. I might though be reading too much into it.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
For now, but the way the world is going I can't see that lasting.... is dead so cannot be legally defamed.
Work away on him.
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
Is the cunt going to come again to judge the living and the dead?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Why does the BBC give rise to so many child abusers?
barlimo
Well-Known Member
There's so many of them that the BBC is forced to have its share.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Statistically, I doubt there are any more at the BBC than any other organisation.
They're just hugely high profile and the others haven't been caught yet.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
It's no different from any other large organisation. Media, politics, sports, law, teachers, medicine, army etc
There's thousands of workers there in all sorts of jobs who aren't abusers. But because of the high profile abusers, the BBC is seen as some kind of haven for nonces.
It's the sort of finger pointing that gets innocent people harassed and fearing for their safety.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Stuart Hall (presenter) - Wikipedia
ETA high profile of broadcasters makes their offending more egregious, and possibly even enables it by enouraging trust.
Silas Loom
Man with glasses
There was a culture in the 60s and 70s music industry which tolerated grooming and sex with teenage girls, which indirectly led to the national light entertainment monolith ending up with the likes of Savile and Peel on its payroll. Doesn’t mean that the BBC has any particular case to answer today. And there’s no link between this most recent offence and Edwards’ BBC day job.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Indeed. I once worked with someone who, to all intents and purposes, seemed like a decent chap. A couple of years later, I saw a news article saying that he'd been jailed for noncing. It was incredibly shocking and upsetting. But it can happen in any big organisation to a similar extent. The difference with the BBC is that those names are known to the general public. Otherwise the BBC is no different to any large organisation, and Kid Eternity is being a berk once again.
klang
klang
BBC and other institutions of power disproportionately riddled with nonces is a conspiracy theory that pre dates Q bollocks.
Eg when you work for the state or a state sponsored agencies you are hooked up with noncery so that the state can then blackmail you against speaking the truth. Hence so many people in the know of conspiracies will keep their mouths shut.
Of course this lets abusers off the hook and distracts from the real issues, and as such is politically dangerous, but that's loonery.
Eg when you work for the state or a state sponsored agencies you are hooked up with noncery so that the state can then blackmail you against speaking the truth. Hence so many people in the know of conspiracies will keep their mouths shut.
Of course this lets abusers off the hook and distracts from the real issues, and as such is politically dangerous, but that's loonery.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
You're right of course.
At the same time where it is legitimate to criticism the BBC, as a organisation, is in the refusal to investigate matters, even at times providing (inadvertent) assistance to abusers.
Of course that is equally true of many of organisations - the Catholic Church, the CofE, the military, police, scouts etc - but all those organisations should be held accountable.
Fucking hell. Do you actually report posts? How old are you?
It was widely publicised at the time. The CPS wouldn't have put the case forward unless they were fairly sure it had a pretty clear cut shot (there's a very high threshold). It fell through at trial as the vast majority of rape cases do after he'd been held on remand for months. Anyway. This is a derail.
Feel free to report this post.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
If found not guilty you can't state as fact that he did it without putting editor and this site at risk.
Do you not get that? Do you need it spelling out with alphabetti spaghetti?
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
FFS - don’t fucking quote it if you think it’s libel!
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
Please read this Important: a note about the 'nonce' threads and naming living individuals
It’s pinned for a reason.
It’s pinned for a reason.
editor
hiraethified
Can you not do this 'ooh maybe they were guilty after all' stuff please?
He/she/they/whoever remain absolutely not guilty in the eyes of the law and suggesting that they are in fact as guilty as hell could drop this site - and in particular me - in a fucking shit load of trouble.
editor
hiraethified
I'm just going to start banning people for a day or more if this thread fills up with obviously libellous posts.
Unless the person has actually been convicted for a sexual offence, shut the fuck up, or post up your opinions on your own Facebook account or whatever.
I've had multiple legal threats from running these boards and really don't need people gifting lawyers with an easy target.
Unless the person has actually been convicted for a sexual offence, shut the fuck up, or post up your opinions on your own Facebook account or whatever.
I've had multiple legal threats from running these boards and really don't need people gifting lawyers with an easy target.
trashpony
Hag
Edwards was suspended in July last year. In August, he received a £40,000 pay rise. In November, the BBC was made aware that he’d been charged with possession of child sexual abuse images. He remained on the BBC payroll on full pay until he resigned in April
www.upday.com
Huw Edwards arrest known by BBC five months before resignation, corporation says
Convicted paedophile Alex Williams shared 41 illegal images with Edwards between December 2020 and August 2021.
Idris2002
Christmas Eve, you know?
These days, every day is a field day for that shower.
GarveyLives
Well-Known Member
The person who sent the images to Edwards, a 25-year-old paedophile called Alex Williams, was sentenced to a suspended 12-month prison sentence at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Courton 15 March 2024, after pleading guilty to possessing and distributing category A, B and C images as well as possessing prohibited images of children.
There is no trial. Edwards has pleaded guilty to all charges that he faced. There is therefore nothing to "try".
Edwards will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court again on 16 September 2024, following the preparation of probation - and possibly medical and psychiatric reports for the court to consider.
Silas Loom
Man with glasses
I wish this bit could be edited though:
When you suggest, imply or infer that some living person is a nonce/kiddy-fiddler/sexual abuser/keen indulger in illegal sexual acts/squirrel shafter it puts the site at serious risk.
It’s clearly not correct to say that the site is endangered by an act of inference; it’s implication and suggestion that’s the problem.
Callie
Pivoting
Will this change? Do they have an option for suspended without pay? Or should this be gross misconduct (?) at the point the person is charged?Edwards was suspended in July last year. In August, he received a £40,000 pay rise. In November, the BBC was made aware that he’d been charged with possession of child sexual abuse images. He remained on the BBC payroll on full pay until he resigned in April
Huw Edwards arrest known by BBC five months before resignation, corporation says
Convicted paedophile Alex Williams shared 41 illegal images with Edwards between December 2020 and August 2021.
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