James Love ‘wanted Banksy print for his heart work gallery’

Builder James Love helped steal a £250,000 Banksy print so he could add it to his home gallery of ‘heart’ paintings linked to his surname, a court heard. Love, 55, allegedly acted as the getaway driver following the theft of the signed artwork from the Grove Gallery in Fitzrovia, central London on September 8 last year. The limited-edition print of ‘Girl with Balloon’ was stolen a day after the finale of a two-week exhibition called Breakout: Banksy’s London Rebellion, featuring…

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