Man arrested after sixth-floor window balance

A man was lucky to escape alive after he danced on an open window of a sixth floor flat.

He spent about two hours hurling household goods from the flat, smashing windows with a hammer and perched precariously on the window.



The drama started just before 9am on Tuesday at Pear Tree Court, in Pendleton, Salford, according to residents.

The man, believed to be 35, threw bottles, a microwave oven, pans and even a lap-top computer out of the seventh floor window, damaging cars parked below.



Police say they were called at 9.40am. A stand-off ensued, watched by a crowd of about 200 people.

The drama came to an end when police in riot gear entered the block and shot the man with a Taser stun gun at 10.50am. He was arrested on suspicion of affray and taken away in a van to be interviewed by police.

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