breaking news here on the BBC within the past few minutes former BBC News presenter Hugh Edwards has pleaded guilty at Westminster magistrates Court to three counts of making indecent images of children he arrived just under an hour ago uh the offenses took place between 2020 and 2022 they relate to 37 images that were shared on a whatspp WhatsApp chat according to the Metropolitan Police in the past few minutes the broad Caster former BBC presenter Hugh Edwards has pleaded guilty at Westminster magistrates Court to three counts of making indecent images of children our correspondent SEMA Keta is at the court for us SEMA what happened in court yeah so it was a very brief appearance as expected Magistrate Courts appearances usually are it took only a matter of minutes he stood up to confirm his name his address his date of birth and then he pleaded guilty to all three charges of creating indecent images of children so he was accused of creating more than 35 images um of children indecent images at least six were said to be of category a that is the most extreme level of um images so very severe um and as we said he walked in uh around an hour ago came around this corner um to my right hand side flanked by police officers wearing a dark blue suit a blue tie and sunglasses um walked over surrounded by photographers who were desperate to get a picture of him um and as he walked round he was leding through the doors behind me and as I just said um confirmation there that he has pleaded guilty to those three charges I mean this is going to send shock waves in the media world and Beyond to fans who've watched Hugh Edwards for years anchoring the 10:00 news leading coverage on very significant events such as the Queen's funeral the coronation of the king he also presented election programs taking over from David dimbleby in 2019 and now he is a convicted Criminal Who has admitted serious offenses of making indecent images of children and as I said I think those who've been watching him for years will find this news perhaps shocking and upsetting it's not something many what