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Mother of former police officer jailed for perverting course of justice

Rebekah Edwards was sentenced to two years in prison for hiding her son Lewis Edwards' phone to obstruct a child sex abuse investigation.
Lewis Edwards, a former South Wales Police officer, was jailed for messaging 210 girls aged 10 to 16 and possessing explicit images of 207 of them.
Lucy Dowdall from the Crown Prosecution Service stated that Rebekah Edwards' actions showed a lack of concern for the victims.
Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke emphasized that Rebekah Edwards' offense warranted an immediate custodial sentence due to its seriousness.

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The Sun

Mum of paedo cop hid phone in cat's GRAVE in twisted bid to cover vile crimes

THE mum of a paedo cop buried her son’s phone with her dead cat in a twisted bid to cover his sick crimes. Lewis Edwards, 25, previously of Cefn Glas, Bridgend, used Snapchat to groom more than 200 girls online and admitted 160 counts of child sexual abuse and blackmail involving 4,500 indecent images of children. PARebekah Edwards buried evidence in a cat’s grave[/caption] PAPaedo ex-cop Lewis Edwards who was handed a two-year and eight-month s…

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Snapchat perv cop's mum tried to cover his crimes by burying phone in cat grave

Rebekah Edwards, the mum of convicted paedophile Lewis Edwards, was found to have perverted the course of justice after she buried a phone likely containing child abuse material

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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South Wales Argus

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Mother of former police officer jailed for perverting course of justice

Lewis Edwards, 25, from Bridgend, used Snapchat to groom more than 200 girls online

2 months ago·Newport, United Kingdom

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BBC News

Lewis Edwards: Mum jailed for helping paedophile police officer

The mother of a former police officer who was given a life sentence for child sex abuse has been jailed.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

Lewis Edwards: Mum jailed for helping police officer son who groomed girls on Snapchat

Rebekah Edwards had pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice after she buried a phone in "the grave of the family cat". Her son Lewis Edwards was given a life sentence last year for grooming young girls online.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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wales247.co.uk

Former police officer and his mother sentenced at court

A former police officer who was sacked before being sentenced to life in prison for online child sex offences has appeared in court charged with further offences. Lewis Edwards, 24, from Bridgend, was jailed in October 2023 for 161 offences which included inciting children to make indecent images online and to engage in sexual activity. He was charged with perverting the course of justice by concealing mobile phones and three further charges of …

2 months ago

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