Man reported to have tried to pull down protective fencing around mural
An artwork by Banksy that has attracted hundreds of visitors a day to Port Talbot in south Wales was targeted on Saturday night by someone who tried to pull down fencing erected to protect it, according to a local report.
Gary Owen, a local man who claims to have effectively commissioned the anonymous artist in an Instagram message suggesting a work protesting against pollution from the local steelworks, said the attacker was chased away without causing any damage to the painting, which wraps around the corner of a residential garage.
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