A man who stole a signed print of Banksy's Girl with Balloon painting from a London gallery has been jailed for 13 months.

Larry Fraser, 49, used a hammer to smash into the Grove Gallery and steal the print on the evening of September 8 last year.

The work, which police said was valued at £270,000 ($544,000), features a young girl reaching for a red heart-shaped balloon. Several murals around London and elsewhere depict the iconic image.

The gallery was showcasing a collection of 13 Banksy pieces worth about £1.5 million ($3 million) when the print was stolen.

Despite trying to conceal his identity with a mask, Fraser was caught on camera, and police tracked him down two days after the burglary.

He pleaded guilty in October and was sentenced to 13 months in prison on Friday at Kingsto

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