Real Life Batman Fights Crime in Slovakia

Zoltan Kohari really is Batman as he fights crime in the southern Slovak town of Dunajska Streda.

Dressed in his home-made, all-leather Batman costume with the bat symbol proudly displayed on his chest and pointy ears on his cowl, Kohari, 26, cleans the streets, helps old people out and calls the police when he sees something suspicious.

There is some irony in this story as Kohari, a house painter spent eight months in jail last year and attempted suicide after he was released, before seeing he had a mission to make life in his community better.

Hohari lives in a run down apartment with no electricity or running water, it's his very own Batcave from where he launches his street patrols.

Kohari says he never resorts to physical violence and some people in his town think he is a bit batty, but his neighbours said he is an honest and good man.

"He's had a tough life but he is very dependable and we like him. He helps us out, keeps an eye on public order, and he is a hero for my son and his schoolmates," said Jana Kocisova, a mother of two who lives in a neighbouring apartment block.

I assume he doesn't have a butler named Alfred.