Man who damaged Picasso painting at Tate Modern jailed

Man who damaged Picasso painting at Tate Modern jailed
The incident took place at Tate Modern last year (John Walton/PA)

A man who damaged an oil painting by Pablo Picasso while it was on display at Tate Modern has been jailed for 18 months.

Shakeel Massey, 20, damaged the artist’s 1944 painting Bust of a Woman at the central London gallery on December 28 2019.

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