TWO men dressed as Batman and Robin scaled Liverpool's Queen Elizabeth II court complex today.
The members of campaign group Fathers 4 Justice were wanting to catch the attention of Prime Minister's wife Cherie Blair, due to appear as a barrister in the family court.
She was due to arrive at the courts through a rear entrance and not the main doors where the protest was held.
The men climbed to a third-floor balcony at the Derby Square building at about 5am and unfurled a banner.
Batman is Colin Vallis, 38, a father-of-three from Southport, and Robin is Dave Chesworth, 32, of Woolton, who also has three children.
The third-floor court rooms were closed causing delays as cases had to be moved. Police negotiators tried to talk the men down.
Fathers 4 Justice spokesman Rory Wilmer, 25, of New Brighton, said: "There are family courts in the building and we want to highlight the problems many fathers face over access to their children.
"Colin and Dave have supplies of food and drink and hope to stay on the balcony for the whole day."
Mr Vallis staged a similar demonstration in August this year on top of a crane used to build a family court on the corner of Tithebarn Street and Moorfields. He also scaled The Big One ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
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