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Police arrest man after rooftop stand-off in Whitstable High Street

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 00:00, 05 June 2016

Updated: 20:33, 05 June 2016

A man has been arrested after staging a rooftop protest in Whitstable town centre.

Police were called to the High Street at about 6.30pm after the "suspicious man" scaled the roof of one of the buildings near Gladstone Road.

Seven police cars including a dog handler were spotted at the scene.

The man on the roof. Picture: @seandeanephotos.

Officers were also seen in an alleyway off Gladstone Road, reportedly trying to access the back of a property.

They managed to talk the man down, and he is now in custody.

Police in High Street, Whitstable. Picture: Chris Davey.
Police in an alleyway off the High Street. Picture: Chris Davey.
Several police cars responded to the incident. Picture: Chris Davey.

A police spokesman said: "Kent Police was called to 6.32pm on 5 June to reports of a suspicious man on a roof in High Street, Whitstable.

"Officers attended and one man has been arrested in connection with the incident."

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