Man Wearing Batman Costume Recovers Handbag After Norwich Chase

A man dressed as Batman chased a suspected handbag thief and recovered a woman’s stolen bag in Norwich, The Guardian reports. Sonni Mason, 25, was attending a friend’s fancy-dress party on Saturday night when he saw a handbag being snatched after an argument in a queue for a nightclub in the city. Mason was wearing a Batman costume at the time.

According to the supplied material, he pursued the suspected thief and retrieved the handbag after scaling a wall. Other people dressed as comic-book characters joined the chase, creating a scene that the report compared with the fictional city of Gotham. The available information does not identify the woman whose bag was taken or describe the value of the handbag and its contents.

It also does not say whether the suspected thief was arrested, whether police attended the incident or whether any charges were filed. The report provides no further account of the argument that preceded the alleged snatching, the route of the chase or the circumstances in which Mason recovered the bag. It also does not include a statement from police or from the person suspected of taking it.

The incident occurred in Norwich last weekend, according to the report. Its unusual feature was the costume worn by Mason and the presence of other partygoers dressed as comic-book characters during the pursuit. Beyond those details, the supplied material does not establish what happened after the handbag was recovered.

It records Mason’s reported intervention but gives no information about any formal investigation or outcome.