Batman and robbing! Thief named Batman bin Suparman is jailed after stealing a bank card from his brother

Batman bin Suparman was caught on CCTV at shopping mall in Singapore



Pleaded guilty to various charges and sent to prison for total of 33 months

Facebook page called 'Batman bin Suparman Fan Club' has 11,000 likes



So, how on earth is he going to get himself out of this situation?



A 23-year-old unemployed man with a superhero name has been jailed for nearly three years for theft, trespassing and drug use.

Batman bin Suparman was caught on CCTV breaking into a snooker hall at the Depot Heights Shopping Centre in Singapore on two separate occasions and stealing S$500 (£250) in total.

He pleaded guilty to various charges, including stealing his brother’s bank card to make withdrawals totalling S$650 (£325), and taking heroin. Batman was sent to prison for a total of 33 months.

Superhero identity: Batman bin Suparman was jailed for almost three years following a string of offences Trespass: Batman broke into the snooker hall at the Depot Heights Shopping Centre (pictured) in Singapore

Batman - who was arrested on August 19 and jailed yesterday - became a social media sensation when an image of his oddly-named identity card, listing a date of birth of May 13, 1990, went viral.

News of the theft - which took place at a snooker hall called Games Fusion Billards at the mall on Depot Road - was first reported by the likes of Agence France-Presse and Channel News Asia.



A Facebook fan page called ‘Batman bin Suparman Fan Club’ has gathered more than 11,000 likes. One post by a user suggested he 'legally changed his name to be a misspelled DC character hybrid'.

Other users on the website said he could use his time in jail to 'catch up on all your comic book reading', while another said: 'He's only in jail for training, like at the beginning of Batman Begins'.

And Kevin Yang said: 'Our idol has been jailed! Someone break him out of prison!'



Scary: Christian Bale as Batman in 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises. One user on the 'Batman bin Suparman Fan Club' Facebook page suggests he 'legally changed his name to be a misspelled DC character hybrid'

Powers: Henry Cavill as Superman in 2013 film Man of Steel. Batman bin Suparman was jailed yesterday

An article on Slate claimed the surname 'Suparman' is actually common among part of the Javanese population, and comes from the prefix of 'Su-', derived from a root meaning 'good and fortunate'.

'Our idol has been jailed! Someone break him out of prison!' Kevin Yang, Batman bin Suparman fan

The writer added that the surname is often seen in parts of Asia, with a former Indonesian military commander named Djadja Suparman and a Sundanese musician called Ade Suparman.



Batman, however, is not a common name - and the author hints that the man's name, which literally translates as 'Batman, son of Suparman', could even have been a 'wry joke' by his parents.

Reports claimed Batman pleaded guilty to several offences within the charges of six counts of theft, two counts of trespassing, and one count of heroin consumption – and only three went to trial.