Art thief nicked Lowry print

An art thief who made off with a LS Lowry print worth £21,500 from a contemporary art gallery is facing jail. Steven Stocker, 38, smashed the front door at Clarendon Fine Arts in Kings Road, Chelsea with a claw hammer and swiped the valuable artwork on 4 November last year. Stocker, who has an appalling criminal record, was wearing a balaclava, dark clothing and gloves. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard he was helped by an unidentied man as they helped themselves…