Roof rescue man arrested

A MAN who sparked a four-hour rescue operation when he became trapped on a town centre roof has been arrested on suspicion of lead theft.
By Tom Sharpe
Published 18th May 2011, 09:09 BST
Updated 26th Dec 2016, 19:57 BST

The 23-year-old Doncaster man was arrested by police after being discharged from Rotherham General Hospital yesterday.

He had been spotted above the Staniforths bakery and Bar One buildings around 4.30am yesterday.

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When officers arrived the man claimed to be injured and firefighters were called in rescue him.

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Rush-hour traffic was stalled as part of Wellgate was cordoned off and the man was eventually brought down and transferred to hospital at around 8.40am.

Wellgate was  re-opened to traffic at around 10.30am.

A spokeswoman from South Yorkshire Police said: “Fire crews had to be called in and this man was eventually rescued using an aerial ladder platform.

“There’s no doubt that the operation caused disruption to traffic in the area at a busy time of the day.”