LONDON — There’s no proof a BBC speaker who supposedly paid a teen for sexually specific images devoted a criminaloffense, London cops stated Wednesday as the broadcaster’s spouse openly determined him for the veryfirst time as veteran news anchor Huw Edwards.
Metropolitan authorities chose to take no evenmore action after speaking with the declared victim and that individual’s momsanddads. The momsanddads informed The Sun paper last week that the speaker hadactually been enabled to stay on air after the mom grumbled to the BBC in May that he paid the youth 35,000 pounds ($45,000) beginning in 2020 when the individual was 17.
As the story topped the news in Britain all week and involved the BBC in scandal, speculation swirled about the recognize of the speaker. Some of the BBC’s mostsignificant on-air characters openly stated it wasn’t them and others called on the unnamed speaker to come forward.
Edward’s otherhalf, Vicky Flind, called her otherhalf late Wednesday and stated he was hospitalized with major psychological health concerns.
After “five very challenging days for our household,” Flind stated she was calling him “primarily out of issue for his psychological wellness and to secure our kids.”
“The occasions of the last coupleof days have considerably gotworse matters, he has suffered another major episode and is now getting in-patient medicalfacility care where he’ll stay for the foreseeable future,” she stated.
Edwards, 61, is one of Britain’s best-known and most reliable news broadcasters, lead anchor on the BBC’s nighttime news and the face of its election protection. He led BBC protection of the fune