Apology after Benjamin Zephaniah mural painted over in Birmingham

Apology after Benjamin Zephaniah mural painted over in Birmingham

Council contractor says sorry amid anger at removal of artwork of poet from an underpass in Hockley area

A council contractor has apologised after painting over a mural of the late poet and actor Benjamin Zephaniah in Birmingham.

The artwork appeared on the wall of an underpass in Hockley, central Birmingham, last month after Zephaniah’s death in December at the age of 65.

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