A man faces multiple charges following a lengthy rooftop stand-off with police in Chorley. Emergency services were sent to Bolton Road on Sunday morning (May 24) after reports emerged that a man had scaled a property’s roof and was refusing to come down. Officers arrived shortly after 9.15am, where the man allegedly began hurling objects from the rooftop and igniting small fires , according to police . Fire crews and paramedics were also called, and a limited number of nearby homes were evacuated as a
precautionary measure, with both pedestrians and motorists diverted from the area. A member of the public suffered injuries during the incident, while several neighbouring vehicles and properties incurred “substantial damage”, police confirmed, reports Lancs Live . The man was taken into custody at around 4pm on Sunday, ending what is believed to have been a six-hour stand-off. Christopher Jones, 41, of Daisy Hill Drive, Adlington, has subsequently been charged with numerous offences. The charges include assault by beating, intentional strangulation, threats to kill, arson with
intent to endanger life, actual bodily harm, two counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker, two counts of criminal damage to property (under £5,000), and intentionally/recklessly causing a public nuisance. He is set to appear before magistrates this morning, Tuesday (May 26). In a statement issued today, Chorley Police said: “You may have seen some reports in the media about an incident in Chorley over the weekend and we wanted to give you an update. At 9.16am on Sunday we were called to
Bolton Road in Chorley following reports a man had climbed onto the roof of a property and was refusing to come down. “Officers attended the scene and the man began throwing objects from the roof and setting small fires. Emergency services, including our colleagues from the fire service and the North West Ambulance Service, attended the scene. “A small number of properties were evacuated for safety while we dealt with the incident. At 4pm a man was arrested. “Christopher Jones, 41, of Daisy Hill Drive,
Adlington, has now been charged with assault by beating, intentional strangulation, threats to kill, arson with intent to endanger life, assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm, assault by beating of an emergency worker, assault by beating of an emergency worker, criminal damage to property – value under £5,000, criminal damage to property – value under £5,000 and intentionally/recklessly cause a public nuisance. He is due to appear before magistrates this morning.” Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on
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Why would anyone climb a roof like that smh
Sounds like a complete nightmare for everyone around there. If they were throwing stuff and setting fires, how is that not automatic jail forever? Also “limited evacuations” is wild, like just how limited are we talking?
Wait so they say strangulation and threats to kill… but he didn’t come down for 6 hours? I feel like the police should’ve just got a ladder up there sooner or I dunno, “talked him out” faster. Unless he had like… a reason? Not excusing anything, just trying to understand how it lasted that long.
This is why I hate when people are like “just send negotiators” like it’s some movie. One guy injured, substantial damage to vehicles and properties, and they’re charging him with like 40 things?? Honestly sounds like he should’ve been caught way sooner before the fires got going, but maybe they couldn’t because the roof was weird or something.