A PAEDOPHILE who shared vile child sex images with Huw Edwards has been unmasked for the first time.
Alex Williams, 25, sent the veteran newsreader 41 images – including two videos of a boy as young as seven – in a sick WhatsApp chat.
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Edwards has admitted making indecent images of children
He previously pleaded guilty to a string of child sex offences and was handed a suspended sentence.
When police launched a probe into the convicted paedo, they seized a phone that exposed Edwards’ crimes.
The former BBC presenter yesterday admitted three counts of making indecent images of children.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told seven of the 41 images fall under Category A – the most serious classification.
This included two moving images of a young boy, possibly aged between seven and nine years old.
He also had photos of other children aged between 13 and 15 stored on his phone that were classed as Category A.
A further 12 images were grouped as Category B and 19 as Category C.
Edwards had engaged in an online chat with Williams on WhatsApp between December 2020 and August 2021.
During this time, the paedo sent Edwards 377 sexual images, of which 41 were indecent images of children.
It has now emerged Williams pleaded guilty in March to seven offences relating to possessing and distributing indecent images.
He was handed a 12-month jail term suspended for two years.
His family have now spoken of their shock and revealed Williams graduated from university in Cardiff two years ago.
Williams’ parents told the Daily Mail their son is no longer living with them and denied having any knowledge of his crimes.
Edwards is now facing a maximum ten year sentence when he is sentenced on September 16.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard Edwards had not created any of the images himself.
In February 2021, Williams asked Edwards whether the pictures he was sending were too young – causing the broadcaster to ask not to send anything illegal.
Then in August 2021, Edwards was sent a video featuring a boy who was “of younger age than virtually all of the other indecent images”.
Williams told Edwards the boy was quite young looking, and that he had more images which were illegal.
The court heard Edwards told him not to send any illegal images.
No more of these pictures or video were sent and the pair continued to exchange legal pornographic images until April 2022.
The veteran broadcaster was arrested in November and charged on June 26 – although the information was only released on Monday.
The BBC yesterday confirmed it knew in November their star newsreader had been arrested but kept paying him for another five months.
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