From Scotland's East Lothian Police
Twitter account:
No you didn't mis-read it:
"Thank you to Batman, Robin, Robin's Dad, a Smurf, and the Hoff for helping us on Friday night. #Tesco, sorry about the toilet roll aisle."
Then yesterday they clarified things – a little:
"Robin assaulted, police called, collective assisted our foot chase,
minor upset to shelving in tescos during arrest, you couldn't script it!"
Turns out a man dressed as the Boy Wonder was assaulted on a street in the town of Musselburgh last Friday night. He called the cops and along with his father and a group of friends, who all were also in costume, chased his assailant, who ran into a Tesco market. There the masked crusaders and the men and women in blue cornered the attacker in the toilet paper aisle, where after a brief skirmish he was arrested...and all the disturbed products promptly re-shelved.
A police spokesperson told the BBC:
"A 21-year-old man was
arrested and charged in connection with an assault in Eskview Road,
Musselburgh, on Friday 1 November. He was remanded in custody until Monday 4th November, where he appeared in court and pled guilty to the offense."
Wiz! Bam! Pow!
