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Self-styled superhero Phoenix Jones has vowed to continue his mission to fight crime in Seattle, despite the threat of legal action against him.

The real-life crimefighter, whose real name is Benjamin Fodor, made the statement after an appearance in court over a recent incident in which he attacked four people with pepper spray.

Fodor insisted that he was trying to break up a fight outside a nightclub in Seattle, but the clubgoers have said that they were not brawling when Fodor intervened.

Prosecutors have yet to announce whether they will file charges against him, but Fodor has said that the outcome will not change his mind.

"I will continue to patrol with my team, probably tonight," Fodor told the Seattle Times this week.

"I am just like everybody else," he explained. "The only difference is that I try to stop crime in my neighbourhood."

Phoenix Jones patrols the city of Seattle alongside his teammates in the Rain City Superhero Movement.