Stolen Churchill portrait set to return to Canada after being found in Italy

Canadian heritage minister, Isabelle Mondou, left, and Andrea Clark-Grignon, head of public affairs, unveil a photographic portrait known as The Roaring Lion. Picture: Alessandra Tarantino/AP

Dignitaries have marked the recovery of a photo portrait of Winston Churchill known as The Roaring Lion, which was stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search by police.

At a ceremony at the Canadian Embassy in Rome, Italian police handed over the portrait to the Canadian ambassador to Italy, Elissa Golberg, who praised the cooperation between Italian and Canadian investigators that led to the recovery.