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    Banksy could be unmasked as police probe 'criminal damage' over Royal Courts of Justice artwork
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    Banksy could be unmasked as police probe ‘criminal damage’ over Royal Courts of Justice artwork

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    1. schwillton on

      By no means do I think that Banksy is some kind of genius playing 4D chess but this reaction is probably exactly what he wanted.

    2. welsh_cthulhu on

      He must have known this would happen? Spraypainting the RCJ is an incredibly stupid thing to do, unless you actually want to be prosecuted.

    3. A_Pointy_Rock on

      >The piece has not yet been claimed by Banksy

      So this is a bit of a nothing burger right now. Lots of people imitate Banksy.

      It could very well be one of his, but he’s usually pretty quick to claim them, is he not?

      Edit: Looks like the article is incorrect and that it *has* been claimed.

    4. Floppy_Caulk on

      Pretty telling that they’ve finally decided it’s vandalism when it’s attacking the system and it’s response to peaceful protest on their own building. Criminal damage could’ve covered any other mural to this point.

    5. Jimbobthon on

      Confirmation that it’s Neil Buchanan incoming.

      I know he denied it, but that’s what Banksy would do.

    7. blob8543 on

      I’m surprised this government hasn’t made any comment yet about proscribing him and his people as a terrorist organisation. They must not be enjoying the prospect of him being charged just for criminal damage or vandalism.

    8. smudgethomas on

      Weird how all the other crimes he did were just “oh how nice for the building owner they can sell it” now it’s a major investigation…

    9. judochop1 on

      It is down to the police and prosecution to get the right person, who may well not be THE banksy

    10. ProtonHyrax99 on

      So no investigation into the vandalism of that war memorial in Cornwall, but you criticise the governments crackdown on anti-war protest, and they send the goons in eh?

    12. CookieMagneto on

      Every Banksy from the last decade is basically an ‘i am 14 and this is deep’ statement. He’s an irrelevant hack.

    13. Unusual-Art2288 on

      So will this mean the police will also investigate all other graffiti on other London buildings. Or only ones that might be seen to be political?

    14. Mkwdr on

      But he isnt actually anonymous is he?

      Though I like his stuff, he does tend toward the easy, obvious attention seeker.

    16. Necessary-Product361 on

      Well we all know spraypainting things is terrorism now. Time to proscribe Banksy. Anyone who buys coppies of their art should be locked away for supporting terrorism.

    18. TeaBoy24 on

      Can you just STFP about how “this shows the establishment true colours”.

      It’s a category 1 listed building.

      Prosecution and removal have been standard practice since the 1990s and before.

      There is no example of any such mural, art or other granted permission retrospectively for Category 1 buildings.

      It’s literally the same law since the 90s and much of it is from the 60/70s!

    21. ConsciousWin3284 on

      I don’t really understand the mural, can anyone explain to a simpleton like me? Is it referring to the Palestine Action protesters? because AFAIK none of them have been before a court yet