Man jailed for stealing £270k Banksy to pay drug debt
A thief who stole a £270,000 Banksy print from a London gallery to pay a drug debt has been sentenced to 13 months in prison. Read the full story of the daring heist.
A thief who stole a £270,000 Banksy print from a London gallery to pay a drug debt has been sentenced to 13 months in prison. Read the full story of the daring heist.
A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for stealing a limited edition Banksy artwork from a London gallery to pay off a historic drug debt. Read the full story.
Larry Fraser, 49, has been sentenced to 13 months for stealing a Banksy print from a London gallery. The artwork, valued at £270,000, was recovered by police.
A brazen thief smashed his way into a London art gallery and stole Banksy's iconic Girl with Balloon, worth £270,000. Discover how the Met's Flying Squad recovered the artwork and arrested the culprit within just four days.
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