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Culture secretary Lisa Nandy will meet with BBC boss Tim Davie after the corporation admitted it knew of Huw Edwards’ arrest in November.
The 62-year-old, previously the BBC’s highest-paid newsreader, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to three charges of making indecent photographs of children, after he was sent 41 illegal images by convicted paedophile Alex Williams, with seven being of the most serious type.
After his guilty plea at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, the BBC said it had been made aware in confidence in November that he had been arrested on suspicion of serious offences and released on bail while police investigations continued.
It said in a statement: “At the time, no charges had been brought against Mr Edwards and the BBC had also been made aware of significant risk to his health.”
Edwards resigned in April “on the basis of medical advice from his doctors” after unrelated allegations that he paid a young person for sexually explicit photos.
According to reports, Ms Nandy is expected to meet Mr Davie on Thursday to discuss the organisation’s handling of the case.
