Gainsborough masterpiece slashed with a drill bit

A self-proclaimed millionaire slashed a £10m masterpiece with a drill bit after moaning about people taking photos of paintings, a court heard. Keith Gregory, 63, made a 100cm by 65cm x-shaped scratch to Thomas Gainsborough’s The Morning Walk last Saturday (18), Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. A wing of the National Gallery containing classic British paintings was evacuated for two hours after Gregory allegedly attacked the 232-year-old painting at around 2:15pm before being restrained by staff and bystanders. Malachy Packenham, prosecuting,…