Police sealed it off for 27 hours, causing traffic chaos. Patrick Lennon, 46, of Dorset Avenue, Rowanfield, appeared at court in a Superman costume. David Pyke, 48, of River Leys, Swindon Village, was dressed as Robin, Hatch, 31, of Alstone Mews, came as Batman, and Mark Peacock, 30, of Toronto Road, Horfield, in Bristol, was dressed as Spiderman. April 28: A massive Fathers 4 Justice protest at Gloucestershire's county family court at Gloucester Docks was thwarted by police - so campaigners switched to Worcester Crown Court for a 24-hour sit in. May 19: Tony Blair was at the centre of a major security breach when purple powder was thrown at him from the public gallery by campaigners for Fathers 4 Justice.

The House of Commons was suspended. Jason Hatch was not among the two men directly involved.

June 18: Staff at Downing Street refused entry to members of campaign group Fathers 4 Justice despite agreeing to allow them to present a petition. About 30 local members of the fathers' rights group took part in the demonstration. Most of the 2,000 protesters dressed in purple, the international colour of equality.

June 20: Campaigners from Fathers 4 Justice chained the doors of Gloucester County Court shut. The protesters struck at night, shackling the back and front gates with purple chains to stop staff entering. They said it was a symbolic gesture on Father's Day. Jason Hatch, national co-ordinator and operations manager for Fathers 4 Justice, said: "We're barring access to judges like they've barred our access to our children." July 11: Jason Hatch was among a group of protesters who wrecked a service at York Minster. This time he was dressed in cardinal's robes. Together with fellow campaigner Andy James, who lives in Cardiff, and was clad in a black vicar's smock, the pair climbed 100ft up scaffolding on the building and displayed a 30ft black and purple banner reading "In the Name of the Father". They were later arrested and released on police bail.

August 2: Dressed as Batman again, Jason Hatch scaled the roof of Gloucester County Court at 4am. He was eventually forced down nearly 24 hours later because of heavy rain. During the protest he put up a banner reading: "This court is under new management - Fathers 4 Justice". He was joined by Robin lookalike Dave Pyke, who lives in Swindon Village, Cheltenham. Soon after Jason came down, his house was searched and officers confiscated posters, banners and two air horns.

August 10: Jason brought Birmingham to a standstill by climbing on the roof of the county court dressed as Batman. Together with fellow campaigner David Pyke, 48, who was dressed as Robin, they climbed scaffolding outside the court building and unfurled a banner reading "this court is under new management".

Rain stops roof protest by fathers

The Fathers 4 Justice protest came to an end today as thunderstorms forced Batman down from the roof of Gloucester County Court. Jason Hatch, who lives in Alstone Mews, Cheltenham, had scaled the building at 4am on Monday dressed as Batman. He unfurled a banner reading: "This court is under new management - Fathers 4 Justice." He was joined by Dave Pyke, who lives in Swindon Village, Cheltenham, as Robin.

Dave came down from the building on Monday afternoon and was arrested and charged.
Jason came down at 1am today after retrieving the banner that had been hung in front of the building.

He was arrested and held for three hours while police searched his house.
They confiscated posters, banners and two air horns.

Jason said: "It was getting a bit dangerous with the rain, thunder and lightning but this was a personal beef with that court because I have been going there for three years and have got nowhere." Both men have been charged with aggravated trespass and bailed to appear at Gloucester police station on August 20.

On Monday campaigners chained up the court buildings as part of demonstrations across the country at Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service offices and court buildings in Gloucester.

A man and a woman were arrested at 11.20am on Monday for allegedly causing criminal damage to the buildings.

Jason said 60 demonstrations took place across the country, including that by Martyn Blackwell and Andrea Hall, who dressed as Catwoman and Batman. The pair protested on the roof of Cafcass in Gloucester, over the Government's Green Paper on family law.