Education

Robin Gunningham left school at the age of 16 after earning his GCSE's and began experimenting in street art.

The following year, as part of Operation Anderson, undercover police arrested 72 artists across Britain on criminal damage charges. Those arrested included Tom Bingle (aka Inkie), the graffiti artist acknowledged to be Banksy's partner in crime, who is now head of creative design at the computer games manufacturer Sega. He was tried but acquitted.

Robin Gunningham was not arrested. Nor is there any record of Banksy being apprehended. But the artist has confessed he had by now become expert at evading police.