He'll get off with a suspended sentence no doubt, remarks made citing his "good character" and "the suffering his mental health has taken" and his pleading guilty will no doubt be wheeled out when allowing this nonce and paedophile to escape prison.
The BBC is already distancing themselves from these events as best they can.
If Edwards had any excuse, he'd have taken the images to the police as soon as he received them so they could be investigated and the paedophile ring he was part of could have been broken. He did not. He kept them and would still be "enjoying them" if his sordid secrets hadn't come to light.