Self-proclaimed vigilante 'The Renegade' hasn't actually solved any crimes

A self-styled vigilante who claimed to have helped solve hundreds of crimes hasn’t assisted the police once. The anonymous man, who calls himself The Renegade, said he had been working to protect the public from dangerous criminals for two years. He claimed he rides a motorbike to fight crime, protecting the public from knife crime and gang warfare. “I protect the public from dangerous criminals,” he said. “I protect the vulnerable and the weak. I use an array of gadgets and an array of vehicles. I had a girlfriend a few years ago. She was killed by a hit and run driver and three men just sped away from the scene.

“That’s when I decided that I would prevent that from happening to anyone else by stopping criminals. These people are dangerous and they need to be behind bars.” The Renegade, who said he operates out of a special laboratory in his garage, added: “I don’t think it’s the police’s fault that they don’t have the manpower. Government have made a lot of cuts. I don’t think the police have the resources any more to tackle the issues that the public are concerned about like knife crime and gang crime. I provide the police with information. I watch from the shadows. I don’t intervene unless it’s absolutely necessary.
“I don’t take the law into my own hands unless lives are at stake. I’m trying to send a message to the gangs and the people who think they can hurt the innocent and get away with it. They can’t.” However, 'The Renegade', who said he lives near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, but in fact lives in a Leicestershire village, fabricated a number of claims about his activities. It’s understood he does plan to tackle criminals in the area - but isn’t currently able to because he has no bike and works in the evenings. A friend of 'The Renegade' said: “He is a good person and he wouldn’t hurt anyone - he just doesn’t know what he is doing.

“He wanted The Renegade to be a symbol of good and he wanted to be a role model for kids so they would look up to him.” The friend says even though he has yet to start fighting crime he does plan to start helping people - once he can get a bike. He has since de-activated his Twitter account after a number of users started criticizing him. One even unearthed early tweets sent by the Renegade to two accounts asking what he needed to do to get involved in the pornography industry. Others suggested images of vehicles he claimed to use had been stolen from YouTube. The Renegade’s friend also acknowledged concerns the pint-sized would-be vigilante, who is around 5ft tall, could be seriously injured if he actually tackled a violent criminal.