The paper related incidents showing the group's founder, Matt O'Connor, as something less than a superhero. It says he has been arrested for breach of the peace, cautioned for criminal damage and prosecuted for being drunk and disorderly. It reports that the group's deputy leader, Eddie Gorecki, who scaled the Royal Courts of Justice dressed as Batman, assaulted a woman at a family barbecue. He was subsequently jailed for affray and assault. David Chick, who climbed the London Eye dressed as Spider Man has been convicted of a lewd act in a men's toilet.
The report says that a couple of members resigned in disgust or protest at the sexist behaviour of the men - passing round intimate photographs and telling unsuitable jokes in front of young children.
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