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Under the Criminal Damage Act 1971, anyone caught doing graffiti can face a prison sentence of up to ten years or fined if the damage costs more than £5,000. 

 

How is 'painting hearts' on a hospital wall different? Answers, on a postcard please, to Boris Johnson........

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2 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Under the Criminal Damage Act 1971, anyone caught doing graffiti can face a prison sentence of up to ten years or fined if the damage costs more than £5,000. 

 

How is 'painting hearts' on a hospital wall different? Answers, on a postcard please, to Boris Johnson........

 

Your uncredited quote from The Sun does not tell the whole story.

 

What it doesn't say is that even if prior permission is neither sought nor granted, if the owner of the property has no objection then the graffiti is not illegal. Unless the words or images incite an offence under the Public Order Act 1986

 

The wall concerned is on the Albert Embankment outside St. Thomas'. I don't know who owns that wall, the hospital or Lambeth Council. But if the owner has no objections, and why would they have, then it is not illegal. 

 

Just as the graffiti like that covering the wall outside Abbey Road studios is not illegal; just as the graffiti by people such as Banksy is not illegal

 

For more, see What is Graffiti? Note, this is the law in England and Wales, though that in Scotland and Northern Ireland is very similar.

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