Man climbed onto roof in Peterborough to avoid police executing arrest warrant

A man who climbed onto a roof in Peterborough at the weekend and had to be coaxed down by police has been detained in connection with a European arrest warrant.

Officers went to a property in Barnstock to arrest a man in connection with a domestic assault at just before 9am on Saturday (January 6).

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The man climbed onto the roof but later came down and was arrested at about 10.15am.

The 29-year-old man from Peterborough will have no further action taken against him in connection with the assault, however, he has been detained to attend Westminster Magistrates’ Court in connection with a European arrest warrant.

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