One of Banksy‘s most iconic works, Girl with Balloon, has been stolen from a London gallery, with two men charged with burglary.
The work, with an estimated value of up to £250,000, was taken in a heist of Grove Gallery, Fitzrovia, over the weekend, with Larry Fraser, 47 , and James Love, 53, arrested after a police investigation.
Girl with Balloon was recovered following the probe by detectives from the Metropolitan Police’s Flying Squad, and Girl with Balloon is set to be returned.
Fraser, of Beckton, East London, and Love, from North Stifford, Essex, were charged on Wednesday, September 11, with non-residential burglary and remanded in Police Custody.
Both appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, September 12, where they were bailed to next appear at Kingston Crown Court on Wednesday, October 9.
Larry Fraser, 47 , and James Love, 53, have been charged with burglary after Banksy’s Girl with Balloon (pictured) was stolen from a London gallery in New Cavendish…