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Huw Edwards: What happened in court as disgraced presenter sentenced

The former BBC newsreader looked tired, pale and expressionless when he appeared in court - almost unrecognisable from his role as the BBC's previously top-paid journalist. - news.sky.com

Once an immaculately turned-out veteran of the screen - powdered, smooth and TV-ready - Huw Edwards presented a very different face in court today. The 63-year-old former newsreader looked tired and pale as he arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court with a wheelie suitcase in hand and a team of lawyers in tow. While the bright lights and awaiting photographers would have been a familiar scenario, this time there was no red carpet, sharp suit or make-up artist to ease the former presenter's passage into the building.

Wearing a buttoned-up navy blue cardigan and white shirt without a tie, he cut a very different figure to the Edwards we recognise from the nightly News At Ten. It was hard to believe he was formerly the BBC's top-paid newsreader and the man who announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II in..

. Bethany Minelle.