Overview
- Reporters traced the figure to Bristol-born Robin Gunningham, who reportedly later used the name David Jones, drawing on travel records, eyewitness accounts and archival documents.
- Witnesses and border data tied a masked team creating 2022 murals in Ukraine to a traveler using the name David Jones with Gunningham’s birth date, alongside Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja.
- Court and police files from a 2000 New York graffiti arrest repeatedly name Robin Gunningham and include an apparent signed, handwritten confession examined by reporters.
- Banksy’s lawyer Mark Stephens disputes many details, urged against publication on privacy and safety grounds, and Pest Control’s spokesperson said the artist has decided to say nothing.
- The findings align with a 2008 Mail on Sunday report naming Gunningham, while the investigation concludes Del Naja is not Banksy though he may have accompanied or collaborated with him.