GB News host Bev Turner says the UK justice system is “two-tier under Keir”, after disgraced former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards received a suspended sentence in court on Monday.
Leaving the Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Edwards was heckled by protesters after being handed a six month suspended sentence for making indecent images of children.
The former BBC employee was also added to the sex offenders’ register for seven years and will pay £3,128 in costs, plus a victim surcharge.
The broadcasting giant has since asked Edwards to repay the £200,000 salary he’s received since his arrest, but have been met with silence.
Bev Turner hit out at the sentencing of former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards
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Sharing her thoughts on the sentencing, host Bev Turner criticised British society for “doing a really bad job” of how it “treats its old people and its children”.
Offering a defence of the court ruling, Andrew Pierce then made clear that the Magistrate “was following the guidelines”, however, he questioned “how it makes any difference whatsoever” when there are “mitigating factors” to consider.
Bev told GB News: “This is a society that lives or dies on how it treats its old people and its children. And right now we’re doing a really bad job on both both of those things in this country.”
Andrew added: “The chief magistrate who sentenced Huw Edwards was following guidelines, and the guidelines say you have to take into account the fact it was a first offence and that he pleaded guilty – but I don’t know why that makes any difference whatsoever.
The former BBC anchor was given a six month suspended sentence at Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday
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Hitting out at the sentencing, Bev argued that it is “dark and depraved” of Edwards to be “soliciting” such content without the “harshest of sentences”.
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Bev fumed: “It’s so dark and so depraved actually, it still baffles me how we can live in a society where somebody that is asking for these images, it’s not just the case that he turned on his phone and somebody accidentally sent him some pictures. He was soliciting it, and those people need the harshest of sentence.
“It really does play into this idea that we’re living in a two-tier society, particularly two-tier justice under two-tier Keir. It seems if you’re part of the capital establishment, you can walk free even having done something as serious as this.”
Agreeing with Bev, Andrew added: “And that’s what people are going to think, they’re going to think it’s because it’s Huw Edwards, he gets off.
“He described some of the photographs of young boys being exploited as amazing – what’s amazing is he’s not in prison.
Bev Turner accused the justice system of being ‘two-tier’ following the sentencing
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“He walked out bold as brass from court, looking as if he hadn’t got a care in the world.
“He’s been asked to repay the £200,000 salary that he received since his arrest, but he will keep his massive pension.”
In a statement, a BBC spokesperson said: “We are appalled by his crimes. He’s betrayed not just the BBC, but audiences who put their trust in him.”