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Batman to the rescue! Well,not quite.
A UK vigilante who had walked into a police station dressed as Batman and handed over a fugitive,has been found to be a friend of the wanted man.
The crime fighter in Batman costume marched into a police station in Bradford dragging a wanted suspect with him and told the astonished officers behind the desk,I8217;ve caught this one for you.
Police in West Yorkshire,were baffled after the mystery crime fighter delivered the man,wanted on warrant over allegations of burglary,fraud and breaching a court order,to a police station in the city on February 25,a media report said.
The man in the Batman costume unmasked himself last night as Stan Worby,39,who said he drove his old friend Frayne to the police station after returning from Bradford City8217;s historic cup final game against Swansea at London8217;s Wembley Stadium,which he had attended in fancy dress.
Worby,a Chinese takeaway delivery driver from the Wyke area of Bradford,said: I got a call from Danny whilst I was at Wembley and he said,8217;can you run me to the cop station?8217; But as I was in London I couldn8217;t.
I told him as soon as I was home I would run him to Bradford central police station. We got back about 1am,and I picked Danny up in a minibus at 1.30am, Worby said.
Yesterday the streets of the city were ablaze with speculation about who the Bradford Batman was and whether he would come forward again to aid the forces of law and order.
Local politicians leapt on the bandwagon,with MP George Galloway taking to Twitter to deny rumours that he was the masked avenger.
The owners of a fancy dress shop in Bradford said they were 99 per cent certain that they sold the distinctive grey costume,based on the 1960s American TV series rather than the more recent films,to the vigilante 10 days ago.
I8217;d had a lot to drink and it was a great day out 8211; I got some strange looks when I got to the cop station though. One policeman looked at me and just laughed, Worby said.
I said to the policeman,8217;I deserve a medal,I8217;m a caped crusader8217;, he added.
It was a joke at the end of the day and Danny wanted to go to the police station. I had spoken to Danny during the week and tried to knock some sense into him. It was getting on my nerves having police round all the time asking for him or his whereabouts, Worby said.
