Law should be changed after Huw Edwards's 'lenient' sentence, says victim's commissioner after it emerged outcome of disgraced newsman's case cannot be reviewed

The victim's commissioner has joined mounting calls for the law to be changed after it emerged the outcome of Huw Edwards's case cannot be reviewed. Huw Edwards received a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, on Monday after he admitted possessing indecent images of children Claire Waxman, London's victims' commissioner, has said that the rules for reviewing 'unduly lenient' sentences should be expanded to cover more crimes Claire Waxman said she had been lobbying 'for years' to expand the ULS scheme, adding it was 'vital that the rights of victims are prioritised'. Edwards is pictured in court He also argued that the broadcaster's sentence 'appears to be inconsistent with the guidelines set forth by the Sentencing Council', saying those guidelines called for 'a custodial sentence'. Edwards, of Wandsworth, wore a dark blue suit with a blue tie in the dock Police officers clear the way as former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on July 31 Malcolm Johnson, head of abuse claims at Lime Solicitors, said: 'The magistrate felt that Edwards did not need to go to prison to protect the public.' Williams is pictured here as a teenager on a family trip to a Welsh beauty spot Edwards held his hands together and steadied himself as Chief Magistrate, district judge Paul Goldspring, sentenced him Huw Edwards leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court after being spared jail It has sparked more fury among victims campaigners, with Dame Vera Baird, the former Labour solicitor general, telling The Telegraph: 'It seems odd that there is a workable scheme for unduly lenient sentences in the Crown Court which the public can ask the Attorney General to consider.