Builder charged with stealing Banksy artwork for collection

A builder, James Love, 54, is accused of conspiring to steal Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ artwork valued at £270,000 from a London gallery, intending to add it to his collection of love heart art. His accomplice, Larry Fraser, 48, has pleaded guilty to the burglary, and the artwork was recovered shortly after the theft, hidden in a nearby property.

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