Corby’s secret stormtrooper unmasked

A man who visited shops in Corby yesterday dressed in a full stormtrooper costume has revealed himself.

Daniel Morrison, who works at Moto-Tec in Occupation Road, decided to put on the costume and visit local shops to keep morale up during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. He owns the costume because he uses it to help raise funds for charities that supported his son Owen, who tragically died in 2018.

After an appeal by the Northants Telegraph yesterday, several of Daniel’s friends contacted our reporters to let us know his identity and to tell us how proud they are of him.

Daniel runs a group called Owen’s Troopers in memory of his boy who was just eleven when he died of rare, neurodegenerative disease menkes syndrome.

He said: “I do alot of costuming for charity and I’m part of a few different groups but we mainly raise funds for some local charities very close to us that were involved with my son, Owen.

“We set up our group called Owen's Troopers and a few of us get in screen accurate costume and raise funds.

“I just had a spur of the moment thought last night about taking my costume to work and having a few hours of fun to bring some cheer and smiles in what is a very difficult time for everyone.

”I had a walk around the local area into the other shops and businesses to lighten the mood.”