The mural in his home village of Llangennech in Carmarthenshire had been unveiled last year. It has been removed after he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
A mural of Huw Edwards in his home village has been removed. The artwork in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, had been unveiled last year as part of a wider mural by artist Steve 'Jenks' Jenkins. But it has now been painted over by the artist after Edwards pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children on Wednesday. The court heard Edwards - who was one of the BBC's highest-paid stars - received 41 indecent images of children from a convicted paedophile.
👉 Click to subscribe to the Sky News Daily wherever you get your podcasts 👈 Since his conviction, a plaque in Cardiff Castle commemorating the opening of its interpretation centre has also been taken down. The centre was opened by Edwards in 2008. In a brief statement, a Cardiff Council spokesperson told Sky News: 'The plaque on the Cardiff Castle Interpretation Centre has been removed.
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