Pow! Man in Batman costume chases down suspected Norwich handbag thief

Superhero, who was joined by others dressed as comic book characters, retrieved stolen bag after scaling wall

A scene from the fictional comic metropolis of Gotham City played out for real in Norwich last weekend when a man dressed as Batman chased a suspected thief and recovered a woman’s stolen handbag.

Sonni Mason, 25, was attending a friend’s fancy dress party on Saturday night in a Batman costume when he witnessed a handbag being snatched after a row in a queue for a nightclub in the city.