The Laugh Now monkey print is one of the enigmatic artist’s most recognisable images. Photograph: The Art of Banksy/ PA Wire

A man who stole a £95,000 (€109,000) piece of Banksy artwork has been jailed for eight months.

Ahmed Bouazzi (40), of Roden Street, Belfast, had previously pleaded guilty to a single count of theft.

It was the prosecution’s case that the incident involved a “high value theft of some £95,000 worth of a piece of art which

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