Eiris Llewelyn is one of more than 80 people refusing to pay their licence fees in an effort to bring about the transfer of control over broadcasting from Westminster to Wales. Llywelyn spent time on remand in the 1970s during the campaign that preceded the creation of the Welsh-language broadcaster S4C in 1982 and, asked by the Guardian if she was prepared to go to jail now, she said: “I am aware of the implications of breaking the law in the name of our language and culture.”
A 68-year-old woman from west Wales is facing prison after telling a court she would not pay for her television licence as part of a campaign to try to force broadcasting powers to be devolved from London to Cardiff. Eiris Llywelyn, from the village of Ffostrasol in Ceredigion, appeared in court in Aberystwyth, where she was ordered to pay costs of £220. But she immediately said she would still not pay either the licence fee or the costs, a move that could lead to her being imprisoned.
A 68-year-old woman from west Wales is facing prison after telling a court she would not pay for her television licence as part of a campaign to try to force broadcasting powers to be devolved from London to Cardiff. Eiris Llywelyn, from the village of Ffostrasol in Ceredigion, appeared in court in Aberystwyth, where she was ordered to pay costs of £220. But she immediately said she would still not pay either the licence fee or the costs, a move that could lead to her being imprisoned.
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