"The report identifies him as Robert Gunningham, a Bristol native, who vanished from public records a decade ago, only to be discovered by Reuters under a new identity: David Jones. Robert Gunningham isn't a new discovery, and has been at the top of the suspect list ever since Banksy was publicly "unmasked" by a British tabloid in 2008."
"Gunningham's new identity was uncovered by tracing a trail that began when started appearing across in 2021. The outlet's reporting traced some activity to a remote village, where a café owner placed Robert Del Naja of the U.K. trip-hop group Massive Attack, a longtime Banksy suspect now believed to be a collaborator, at the scene."
"On the same day Del Naja crossed the border into Ukraine, a man traveling under the name David Jones did the same, and the birthdate on his passport matched Robert Gunningham's. According to the report, David Jones is one of the most common British male names."
Reuters published an 8,000-word investigation identifying street artist Banksy as Robert Gunningham, a Bristol native who vanished from public records over a decade ago. Gunningham was first publicly identified as a Banksy suspect by a British tabloid in 2008, prompting him to go completely off the grid. Reuters traced his movements through recent artwork appearances in 2021, connecting him to collaborator Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack. The investigation tracked border crossings where a man traveling under the alias David Jones crossed into Ukraine on the same day as Del Naja, with a passport birthdate matching Gunningham's. However, David Jones is noted as one of the most common British male names, raising questions about the conclusiveness of the identification.
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