A man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for stealing a signed print of Banksy’s “Girl with Balloon” artwork in a smash-and-grab theft from a London gallery.
Larry Fraser, 49, was sentenced to 13 months in prison on Friday for stealing the 2004 print – worth £270,000 (about $355,000) – from the Grove Gallery in the British capital’s upmarket neighborhood of Fitzrovia last September, according to London’s Metropolitan Police.
Video above: London Metropolitan Police released security camera footage that shows the alleged thief stealing the artwork and making off with it
Police said Fraser had pleaded guilty to one count of non-residential burglary.
“Met Flying Squad officers worked tirelessly to identify the suspect and managed to track him to a location several streets awa

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