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A man who stole a £270,000 Banksy print from a London art gallery to pay off an old drug debt has been jailed for 13 months.

Larry Fraser, 48, broke into the Grove Gallery in Fitzrovia last September and stole the limited-edition artwork from Banksy’s Girl With Balloon series .

The dramatic smash-and-grab was captured on CCTV , showing Fraser using a hammer to smash through the glass doors before entering the gallery on September 8. He concealed his identity with a mask, gloves, and a hooded jacket.

The court heard how Fraser waited outside the gallery for aro

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