VILE messages sent by Huw Edwards to the teenager at the centre of our original revelations about the shamed BBC newsreader today lay bare the depths of his grooming.
A new Sun documentary into the presenter’s sickening behaviour shows how he sent a series of controlling and abusive messages to the young man, who was sending him sexual images in return for payments of tens of thousands of pounds.
Huw Edwards leaving court on Monday
Texts messages from Edwards to the teen revealed in Sun documentary
In one message he told the teen ‘I regret helping you so much’
Edwards was sentenced to six months in prison suspended
The exchanges reveal Edwards’s secret Jekyll and Hyde character as he switches between repeatedly telling his victim that he loves him – before viciously abusing him in foul-mouthed tirades.
Edwards also gives the young man instructions on using PayPal and a Monzo bank account so he can send him cash.
At his sentencing today, it was separately revealed how Edwards was also sending money to the convicted paedophile who was supplying him with indecent images of children, via WhatsApp.
Alex Williams was sent between £1,000 and £1,500 by Edwards.
It suggests Edwards had a pattern of behaviour of sending money to people who were supplying sexual pics.
The messages we reveal today were sent to the unnamed young man at the centre of our original revelations about Edwards, which were published in July 2023.
The youngster, who had a drug problem, received as much as £35,000 from the shamed TV presenter.
Experts said the messages show a clear pattern of “grooming”.
At one point Edwards tells the vulnerable teenager: “I love you but you kill me.”
In another he says: “You think my life revolves around you?
“Get f***ing real.”
In The Sun’s documentary about the scandal “Huw Edwards Unmasked”, the mum of the vulnerable victim tells of her shock when she discovered the texts between her son and Edwards.
She said: “When I first saw the messages I felt sick, so disgusted.
“Sick to my stomach. There were so many.
“On New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day. Even When Huw was with his family…
“Calling my son a ‘good boy’. Sending him kisses and love hearts…
