'Batman' unmasked as delivery man (From Salisbury Journal)

'Batman' unmasked as delivery man

7:59am Tuesday 5th March 2013 in National News © Press Association 2013

A mystery man who walked into a police station dressed as Batman to hand over an alleged criminal has revealed himself as a Chinese takeaway delivery man.

Stan Warby, 39, reportedly said he had been at a football match dressed as the superhero when his friend called him asking for help in handing himself in to officers.

He accompanied Danny Frayne to Bradford police station as a favour, after returning from Bradford City's cup final clash against Swansea at London's Wembley Stadium on February 25.

Mr Warby was dressed head to toe as the comic book hero when he anonymously took his 27-year-old friend at Trafalgar House police station in the early hours of the morning.

He told the Daily Telegraph: "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. Danny's a good friend of mine and I've known him for 15 years or so. Who knows if I'll be doing some more crime-fighting in the future?"

He added that he had attracted some "strange looks".

Police in West Yorkshire said the mystery caped crusader told them: "I've caught this one for you." Officers added that he "then promptly vanished into the night to fight crime and the fear of crime in Bradford".

Officers had not known the identity of the man posing as the camp 1960s incarnation of the famous DC Comics character, rather than the dark, black figure familiar to fans of the Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan film versions.

Frayne had been wanted in connection with a number of alleged offences. He was later charged with handling stolen goods and fraud-related offences, and will appear before magistrates on Friday.