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The latest Banksy work is being removed from the wall of a court building in London, days after being revealed.
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00:00Banksy's latest artwork has been exceptionally short-lived. The mural which appeared on an
00:09external wall of the Royal Courts of Justice complex on Monday depicted a protester lying
00:18on the ground holding a blood splattered placard while a judge in a wig and gown looms over him
00:26wielding a gavel. This has been interpreted by some as a comment on the arrest of hundreds of people
00:35for supporting Palestine action by holding up placards at process, many of them in London.
00:43The piece also came weeks after the Lady Chief Justice, the most senior judge in England and
00:51Wales repeated concerns for the safety of judges who she said had been subjected to increasing
01:00and increasingly unacceptable sensationalist and inaccurate abuse. It is understood that work
01:08began to remove the image on Tuesday and resumed on Wednesday. Banksy confirmed he was responsible
01:18for the work with a post on Instagram showing the graffiti before it was then covered up. The
01:25work was reported as criminal damage with the Metropolitan Police stating that inquiries were
01:33ongoing. The court service confirmed that it is legally obliged to maintain the character
01:40of the building because of its listed status.
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