Revealed: Huw Edwards' sordid chats with paedophile who sent him child sex abuse videos after newsreader paid him £1,500 to buy 'expensive trainers' and fund university

Huw Edwards sent hundreds of pounds to a convicted paedophile after he sent him pornographic images and replied 'yes xxx' after being asked if he wanted photos of a child aged between 14 and 16, a court heard today. Mr Hope told the court Edwards wrote 'yes xxx' when he was asked by Williams if he wanted sexual images of a person whose 'age could be discerned as being between 14 and 16'. In other updates - Huw Edwards arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London this morning with a wheelie suitcase In July, Edwards admitted three charges of 'making' indecent photographs after he was sent 41 illegal images by convicted paedophile Alex Williams over WhatsApp Alex Williams, 25, shared indecent images with Huw Edwards that led to the newsreader's downfall. immediately following which Alex Williams sent to Mr Edwards around 30 attachments, about half of which were category C indecent images of children.' The 63-year-old looked haggard while passing a throng of the world's media The disgraced former newsreader was flanked by members of his legal team Edwards was previously anchor of News at Ten and one of Britain's most prominent newsreaders Mounting Edwards' defence, Philip Evans KC claimed Edwards did not make payments to Alex Williams in order to receive indecent images of children.