Sentenced to 2-4 years in prison – The work was designed to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris.
Eight men were sentenced today to two to four years in prison each for they stole and moved to Italy a door from his concert hall Bataklanwhich was adorned with a work by the famous street artist Banksy.
This work was created to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris.
One of the three 30-year-old defendants, who confessed to the theft committed on the night of January 25-26, 2019, was sentenced to four years in prison, two of which were suspended. The other two were sentenced to three years in prison, but were given an 18-month suspension. Although the prosecutor asked them to stay in prison, they will serve their sentence under house arrest, wearing an electronic bracelet.
In June 2018, Banksy painted a woman in a headscarf at a Bataclan exit where 90 people were killed by armed jihadists seven years ago. The door was stolen six months later and found in 2020 on a farm in Italy.
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