BAFTA will not revoke individual awards won by disgraced news presenter Huw Edwards, according to Sky News.

Edward63 years old, was given a suspended sentence in September after plead guilty to three counts of “creating” indecent images of children.

A review of his seven BAFTA Cymru showcasing awards launched earlier this year.

Today, in a letter sent to members seen by Sky News, president Sara Putt announced that a forfeiture process would be introduced from 2025, with guidance on the circumstances that would lead the academy to consider revoking a competitive reward.

This will include entries proven to have used deceptive and/or illegal methods in the making of the work, as well as winners who are subsequently found guilty of a serious criminal offense carrying a prison sentence, with or without suspension.

In her letter, Ms Putt said it would be “impossible” to apply these criteria retrospectively given that the awards span the past 78 years.

“Where could we reasonably draw the line?” she asked. “Would we choose to look back just one, five or fifty years? We agreed it would be impossible to do it properly.”

She said the organization had been “shocked” by Edwards’ arrest and subsequent conviction, and had raised “deeply complex questions” about whether historic awards won in a competition should be deleted retrospectively.

In 2021, BAFTA has suspended the membership of actor and director Noel Clarke and his outstanding contribution to the British cinema gong was recently recognized, after allegations were made against him.

However, honorary awards such as BAFTA Fellowships and Special Awards – as well as Outstanding Contribution Awards – can be revoked because they are offered by the academy, meaning they are not “earned” in competition.

The Competitive Awards Review concluded “there are exceptional grounds why an award won in a competition should be reviewed and potentially rescinded” and that BAFTA needs to provide more clarity – which is why the new process confiscation will be introduced.

“No solution is perfect and the results of this review may be tested in the future, so we will review these principles and processes and our other award rules each year,” Ms Putt said.

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Edwards has won awards for his presentation at the BAFTA Cymru Awards several times over the years, the first being in 2002 for his show Election Exchange.

The BBC also won a BAFTA in 2012 for its royal coverage of Prince William and Kate’s wedding, presented by the Welsh presenter. It is understood that the broadcaster will also retain this price.

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During Edwards’ sentencing, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how he paid up to £1,500 to a pedophile who sent him 41 illegal images between December 2020 and August 2021, seven of which were of the most serious type .

Of these images, the estimated ages of most of the children were between 13 and 15, but one was between seven and nine.

As part of his sentence, he was told he must complete a sex offender treatment program and 25 rehabilitation sessions.

He also had to sign the sex offenders register for seven years and pay £3,128 costs and a victim surcharge.