Disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards has allegedly refused to pay back any of the £200,000 wage he was paid after being arrested for having child abuse images.
Edwards, 63, pleaded guilty to having indecent images of children on July 31 at Westminster Magistrates' Court, including 13 of the most serious category A and one of a child as young as seven.
He was among the BBC's highest-paid, with its accounts putting him in a pay bracket of between £475,000 and £479,999 for 2023/24 . This was a £40,000 pay rise from 2022/23, when he was paid between £435,000 and £439,999.
The former news anchor also raked in an astonishing £200,000 between his arrest in November 2023 and his resignation on 'medical grounds' the following April after the discovery of indecent images of children in a WhatsApp chat.
At the time the Welshman, who boasted a six-figure salary, was not dismissed despite some more senior BBC staff being aware of his arrest, with reports he paid a teenager £35,000 for sexual images later emerging last September.
He was handed a six-month suspended sentence sparking outrage among campaign groups who branded it 'ludicrous, absurd and embarrassing' that he had been allowed to walk out of court instead of being sent to prison.
But as he is spotted for the first time on the streets of his native Wales, puffing on a vape - a source has claimed the disgraced newsreader has not paid back a single penny of the £200,000 BBC wage he earned between his arrest and resignation.
A source told The Sun: 'The BBC have not had any back, and there doesn't look to be any sign of that changing.'
Snaps from last Saturday show the shamed broadcaster 'coughing and spluttering' after inhaling flavoured chemicals.
An onlooker, who witness Edwards walking along in his native Wales unbothered, said the journalist was a 'shadow of his former, super-confident self'.
'He was vaping and coughing and spluttering a bit, and didn't look in the best shape,' they told The Sun.
'But he was lucky to be enjoying his freedom when most people think he should have been jailed for what he did.'
As well as a suspended sentence, Edwards was also put on the sex offender register and was told he had to take part in rehabilitation sessions.
At the time BBC boss said there were discussions regarding the six-figure sum Edwards had earned following his arrest saying the BBC could possibly go down the legal route to retrieve the wages.
It comes after a man who was sent child abuse images by a sex offender who also shared pictures with Huw Edwards has been spared jail.
Jac Davies, 25, should avoid prison to achieve 'parity' with the disgraced BBC presenter, his defence lawyer told his sentencing hearing.
He was given a sentence of 12 months, suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to possession of indecent images of children and possession of Class A drugs.
Davies was investigated after South Wales Police discovered he had been involved in the sharing of images with paedophile Alex Williams, who had also sent pictures to Edwards, Leeds Magistrates' Court heard last December.
Edwards is currently being divorced by his wife Vicky Find, who is also the mother of his five children, with his £4.75 million Dulwich home also up for sale.
MailOnline has approached the BBC and Huw Edwards lawyers for comment.
