Banksy Could Be Forced to Reveal Identity as UK Police Probe Latest Artwork

David Gilmour Sep 9th, 2025, 9:21 am

(Press Association via AP Images)

Street artist Banksy’s decades-long anonymity may be at risk after UK police launched a criminal damage investigation into his latest mural outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London that appeared Monday morning.

The black-and-white spray-painted image depicts a judge beating a protester, holding a blood-splattered sign, with his gavel.

The image appears to be a commentary on the arrest of demonstrators backing the direct action network Palestine Action, recently banned as a terrorist organization by the UK government.

On Tuesday, however, the Metropolitan Police confirmed they are treating the mural as potential “criminal damage.”

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