Liam Middleton-Gomm, 36, broke into Thames Wharf Studios in west London on June 30 and stole around £5000 worth of goods.
A man has pleaded guilty to the burglary of a studio belonging to artist Damien Hirst.
Liam Middleton-Gomm, 36, broke into Thames Wharf Studios in west London on June 30 and stole around £5,000 worth of goods – some of which were later found at his father’s home.
Middleton-Gomm admitted two counts of burgling the riverside studio at a hearing at Kingston Crown Court on Friday.
His father, 62-year-old Leslie Gomm, previously pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods for his son’s benefit between June 29 and July 8.
Bristol-born, Leeds-raised artist Hirst came to attention in 1988 when he was a student at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he conceived and curated the group exhibition Freeze.
Hirst’s best known artwork includes a pickled shark, a rotting cow’s head and diamond-encrusted skull.
He took home the prestigious Turner Prize in 1995 for his formaldehyde-preserved cow and calf, called Mother And Child, Divided.
