A new Banksy mural in North London has been defaced three days after it was first revealed in Finsbury Park.

Two streaks of white paint appeared on the green artwork on Hornsey Road in Finsbury Park on Wednesday morning.

The work first appeared on a residential building in north London on Sunday before the anonymous street artist confirmed it was his in an Instagram post on Monday.

The art piece features swathes of green behind a pared back tree to give the appearance of leaves, with a stencil of a person holding a pressure hose next to it.

Amy, who shares a wall with the new Banksy artwork, spotted the white paint splattered on the mural and on the fence protecting it when she got up to go to the gym on Wednesday morning.

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