Moment shamed BBC star Huw Edwards is confronted by stepfather of man ‘he paid for explicit pics’ after newsreader travelled to meet him by train

The stepfather of a man who Huw Edwards paid for explicit pictures confronted the disgraced BBC newsreader at a busy train station in a newly released video.

The footage taken in May last year shows Edwards on the platform of a train station waiting to meet the man for a secret rendezvous. 

Edwards paid the man £35,000 for the sexual images and then allegedly asked him to sign a non-disclosure agreement. 

By chance, the mother spotted messages from Edwards to her son, who was 17 at the time, discussing the agreement and asking for them to meet at a train station. 

The furious stepfather then rushed to attempt to confront the 62-year-old at the train station. 

Edwards appeared in Westminster Magistrate Court this week where he admitted to having indecent images of children as young as seven after being sent them on WhatsApp

In a shocking video, obtained by The Sun, Edwards can be seen on the platform opposite the stepfather seemingly waiting to catch a train among other passengers.

The mother then contacted her son to say his stepfather was on his way to confront Edwards. It is understood that this message was relayed to Edwards who then made a swift exit on the next train back to London without their meeting taking place.

Recalling the events, the stepfather told The Sun: ‘I was so angry. I just wanted to confront him and tell him to stop doing what he was doing.

‘I didn’t even care if I got arrested — I wanted everyone to know what was happening.’

The stepfather then attempted to make an official complaint to the BBC nearby regional office where he was given a number to call BBC London instead.

The stepfather claims this number did not work but eventually the family managed to get in touch with the BBC’s Audience Service who sent the case to the organisation’s Corporate Investigations team. 

Court artist drawing of Edwards. The veteran news broadcaster pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, between December 2020 and August 2022 on Wednesday

Before the scandal broke last year, Edwards was one of the BBC’s most famous stars where he covered major events for BBC News including the Queen’s death and King Charles’s coronation (pictured: Edwards on the day the Queen died) 

It has since been admitted by the BBC that they made one phone call to the organisation but it did not connect. 

After this the family went to The Sun newspaper who broke the shocking claims that Edwards had paid for explicit pictures from the man. 

Edwards was later suspended before he left the BBC in April this year. Now the Welshman is facing up to 10 years in jail after he admitted to having indecent images of children as young as seven after being sent them on WhatsApp. 

The collection of 41 images showed youngsters aged between seven and 14, with the veteran news broadcaster pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, between December 2020 and August 2022 on Wednesday.

Before the scandal broke last year, Edwards was one of the BBC’s most famous stars where he covered major events for BBC News including the Queen’s death and King Charles’s coronation. 

The Director General was summoned to meet Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on Thursday to explain the BBC’s role in the scandal, including who had knowledge of Edwards’ arrest in November last year.

Lisa Nandy is now calling on Edwards to hand back his huge £200,000 salary which he was paid after the arrest and while he was suspended from the BBC.