Shoplifter sat on snow-covered roof for over 4 hours in a bid to escape justice
A WANTED shoplifter who sat on a snow-covered roof for over four hours in a bid to evade justice was eventually arrested. The man scaled a building and made his way onto a roof on Church Street in Burnley yesterday afternoon when officers attempted to apprehend him for shoplifting. Despite being surrounded the man refused to come down from the roof, prompting the fire service, paramedics and negotiators having to be bought to the scene. All in all he spent over four hours on the snow-covered roof in the winter snow before he was convinced to surrender.
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Shoplifter sat on snow-covered roof for over 4 hours in a bid to escape justice
A WANTED shoplifter who sat on a snow-covered roof for over four hours in a bid to evade justice was eventually arrested. The man scaled a building and made his way onto a roof on Church Street in Burnley yesterday afternoon when officers attempted to apprehend him for shoplifting. Despite being surrounded the man refused to come down from the roof, prompting the fire service, paramedics and negotiators having to be bought to the scene. All in all he spent over four hours on the snow-covered roof in the winter snow before he was convinced to surrender.
Slips and falls due to
ice and snow in the North West have resulted in more than 150 calls to the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) in a week. Additionally there were more than a dozen
sledging and even snowboarding incidents as the public tried to enjoy recent flurries.
Now, as snow remains on the ground in many areas and with warnings of ice still forecast, NWAS is warning people to take care if they are heading out in the
Regionally, Lancashire recorded the most incidents between December 28 and January 4, with around 43 call-outs, although in Greater Manchester the number of incidents was similar. Some incidents also required the assistance of Mountain Rescue Teams as they happened in areas difficult for ambulance crews to access.
Paramedics, police and firefighters were called to Dodds Lane, in Astbury, following the crash that took place around 8.15am today (Image: Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service)
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