Who Is Alex Williams: Parents Of Pedophile Who Sent Huw Edwards Sickening Child Images Disown Him

Messages showed that Williams told the newsreader that the child was “quite young looking” and that he had more images that were illegal, the court heard. (Credit: Dimitris Legakis/Athena Pictures)

KEY POINTS

• Williams was initially arrested in August 2022 but released on bail as South Wales police continued their investigation.
• His parents confirmed that their son is no longer living with them - and denied having any knowledge that he was a sex offender.

The identity of the pedophile who shared sickening child images with Huw Edwards has been revealed as Alex Williams, a 25-year-old from Merthyr Tydfil. Williams shared 41 indecent images with the disgraced former BBC presenter via a private WhatsApp chat, two of which included a boy as young as seven.