A stunning mural celebrating one of Newport' s most diverse areas has been vandalised just weeks after it was painted. The mural on Temple Street, just off Commercial Road in Pillgwenlly, was finished in July and depicts scenes from Pill Carnival, flags marking the diversity of the area and a portrait of one of Pill's longest-serving police officers.
At the time local artist Andy O'Rourke, who is behind a number of impressive street murals in Newport, told WalesOnline how positively locals had welcomed the work, which he called "a slice of their own community" ahead of the upcoming Pill Carnival on August 29.
But just weeks after being completed the work appears to have been defaced, with a resident posting a picture over the weekend showing white paint across most of the stunning piece.
