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Meet Liverpool’s answer to the Justice League - four real-life superheroes on a mission to fight crime.

Retail assistant Roger Hayhurst, 26, goes by the name Knight Warrior.

Ex-soldier and insurance broker Tim Taylor, 38, calls himself Templar.

Their two friends - who wish to remain anonymous - are a 19-year-old forestry student pal, who goes by the name of Black Mercer, and an unemployed 33-year-old mate, codenamed Radical.

So far the only crime they have solved is to alert a man to three women who were trying to sneak a wallet from his back pocket at Lime Street station on their Liverpool patch.

(Image: John Gladwin/Sunday Mirror)

The quartet, all from in and Liverpool, also concentrate their efforts on delivering packages of food and drink to the city’s homeless each weekend.

They are all part of a movement called the Initiative which sees ordinary people transform themselves into heroes.

Groups have sprung up all around America and are now spreading in the UK.

(Image: John Gladwin/Sunday Mirror)

Leader Roger said: “It’s not about vigilantism.

“We will patrol the streets late at night in the rougher areas and look out for any trouble which we will film and pass the footage on to police.

“We have each customised our outfits with police armour and motor cross protection gear from eBay so, if we do come across any trouble we have the right body wear for the job.

“Hopefully we will be able to talk most people out of commuting a crime just by our presence. After all, our outfits themselves are a bit of a talking point.”