A person who was linked to the paedophile who despatched photographs to former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has been spared jail.

Jac Davies, 25, was given a sentence of 12 months, suspended for 2 years, after pleading responsible to possession of indecent photographs of youngsters and possession of Class A medicine.

Alex Williams, who had despatched photographs of youngsters as younger as seven to Edwards, additionally shared indecent photographs with Davies.

Davies was spared jail after his defence crew argued magistrates ought to take into account “parity” with the broadcaster’s suspended sentence, which he acquired in September.

Edwards, 63, admitted three expenses of “making” indecent pictures after he was despatched 41 unlawful photographs by Williams over WhatsApp.

Throughout his 4 a long time on the BBC, Edwards led the protection of historic occasions together with the late Queen’s demise and funeral in 2022 and most just lately the coronation of the King in Might 2023.

Leeds Magistrates’ Court docket heard on Tuesday that West Yorkshire Police attended Davies’ residence after being alerted to the investigation into Williams and Edwards.

Officers discovered 84 indecent photographs, together with some involving infants, on Davies’ digital units.

Addressing essentially the most severe photographs discovered, often known as class A photographs, prosecutor Michelle Kruger stated: “Certainly one of them was a shifting picture in a bed room location displaying a child mendacity on a mattress.”

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Ms Kruger added that different photographs featured boys aged three to 5.

A Telegram chat was additionally uncovered by officers which confirmed Davies going into “graphic element” about what he would do to new child infants.

He was additionally charged with possession of Class A medicine after methylamphetamine and cocaine had been discovered, it was stated.

Davies’ lawyer stated a pre-sentence report described “a really troublesome background with the defendant coping with his sexuality”.

In addition to the suspended jail time period, Davies was ordered to attend an accredited sexual offending group work programme.

Davies was informed he can be prohibited from having any unsupervised contact with any little one beneath the age of 16, besides within the presence of a dad or mum or one other applicable grownup, and can stay on the intercourse offenders’ register for 10 years.