Shop owners ordered to cover up their naked window display

The owners of a clothes shop have been ordered by police to cover up a window display depicting a naked man for fear it may cause "distress" to the public.

A Gwent Police officer told Flick Sawkins and Angela Harker of Starling Vendetta Boutique they could be prosecuted unless the body was clothed.


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A strategically-placed fig leaf now hides the modesty of the window artwork in the Newport shop.



An online petition has been launched against the cover-up.



Wardens working for Newport City Council were initially approached by shoppers about the naked figure before the complaint was passed to police.

The shop was then told it faced prosecution under section 5 of the Public Order Act for causing "alarm or distress" unless the art work was censored.