Paedophile linked to disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards spared jail

Jac Davies avoided a prison sentence at Leeds Magistrates' Court today after his defence lawyer pushed for 'parity' with Huw Edwards (pictured)

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Jac Davies avoided a prison sentence at Leeds Magistrates' Court today

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Stewart Page told the court: "You are aware of a certain individual who was sentenced a number of months ago... He too had no previous convictions.

"The offences that that individual appeared before the court were similar to what Davies appears, and of course you are aware, because the prosecutor outlined this, that a suspended sentence was imposed on that case."

Davies was found to have been in possession of 84 indecent images, some of which involved babies.

Addressing the most serious images found - known as category A images - prosecutor Michelle Kruger told the court: "One of them was a moving image in a bedroom location showing a baby lying on a bed."

Kruger said an adult male could be seen performing a sex act on the infant.

She added that some of Davies's other images featured boys aged three to five.

In total, the court heard Davies was found to be in possession of 36 category A images, 30 category B and 18 category C.

Kruger said a chat on messaging app Telegram was also found by officers in which Davies spoke to others about how he wanted to "destroy newborns" and went into "graphic detail" about what he would do to them.

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