The Metropolitan Police’s flying squad conducted an investigation and charged the men with the theft of artwork from a gallery on New Cavendish Street in London’s financial district on Sunday.
The police have reported that two individuals have been charged with burglary in connection with the theft of the well-known painting “Girl With Balloon” by Banksy from a gallery in London.
On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police Department made the announcement that two individuals, Larry Fraser, 47, from Beckton, east London, and James Love, 53, from North Stifford, Essex, were charged with non-residential burglary. Both of these individuals are from the United Kingdom.
As a result of their appearance before the Wimbledon Magistrates Court the following day, they were granted bail and are scheduled to appear before the Kingston Crown Court on October 9th.
On Sunday, September 8, at approximately eleven o’clock at night, the artwork, which is widely regarded as one of the best-known works of the street artist, was stolen from a gallery that was situated on New Cavendish Street in London.
As a result of an inquiry performed by the flying squad of the Metropolitan Authorities Department, it has been recovered and will be restored to the gallery, according to the authorities.
The artist known as Banksy announced during the summer of 2018 that he has finished an unprecedented nine paintings in the span of nine days. These paintings were displayed in a number of different venues in London.
The animal-themed artworks continued to surface one day after the next, despite the fact that the street artist frequently waits several months between new pieces of work.
Within a few hours of its arrival on Rye Lane, Peckham, southeast London, the fourth piece in the series, which featured a silhouette of a howling wolf painted on a satellite dish, was removed. The item was taken away.
A ladder was utilised in order to approach the building that the dish was situated on, and individuals who were wearing balaclavas were observed approaching the building. Afterwards, they ascended to the top and removed the dish.
The last of the nine images, which portrayed a gorilla drawn onto a shutter, was deleted by staff members at the London Zoo. This was done for the purpose of “safekeeping” documents.