COPS STORM FLAT IN 8-HOUR SIEGE; Man, 44, arrested after holding family hostage.Byline: By Lee-Ann Fullerton ARMED police arrested a man yesterday after an eight-hour siege. Police were called to a flat in the east end of Glasgow at about 3.40am after reports of a man holding his partner and four children hostage with a knife. Dozens of armed cops swooped on the area and surrounded the flat in Galdenoch Street, Ruchazie, while special negotiators were brought in. Neighbours claimed the man, aged 44, had slashed his wrists after an argument with his girlfriend in their second-floor flat. She called the police but he barricaded bar·ri·cade n. 1. A structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy. 2. Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier. See Synonyms at bulwark. tr.v. himself in and refused to let her or the four children leave. Police negotiators spent five hours trying to talk to him through the letterbox The effect of displaying a wide screen movie on a standard TV set the way it was originally shot in full panoramic format. On the TV, the image frame spans the full width of the screen, but because of the difference in aspect ratios of the two formats (wide screen movie vs. and on the phone. Twenty armed cops stood guard near the flat and there were also police with dogs and an ambulance and paramedics on standby. The four children, two girls and two boys, were seen peering out of the flat's front window to watch the drama outside. The man, nicknamed Jesus by locals because of his long hair and beard, ended the stand-off and allowed police in at 11.20am. He was arrested and was led to a waiting ambulance soon after. As he was marched away by cops, onlookers jeered at him and he screamed abuse back, saying: "A********. You're all f****** idiots." He was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary The Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) is a large teaching hospital, operated since 1947 by NHS Scotland, situated on the north-eastern edge of the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland at . for treatment to his slashed wrist before being taken into custody. None of the children or their mother was injured in the incident and a police family liaison team interviewed them afterwards. Andy Arthur, 32, lives next door to the couple. He said: "I was wakened at 4am with the sound of voices in the close. "There was a lot of shouting going on, so I went out and saw the police all in the close. "He is a quiet guy. He's lived there with his girlfriend for three years. "His poor girlfriend lost her mum two weeks ago, so this is the last thing she needed." Another neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said: "It is the kids I feel sorry for - they are all wee. "My heart goes out to them in that house with all that going on. "I see his partner all the time and she's a really nice girl." Inspector Brian Ferguson, of Strathclyde Police Strathclyde Police is the police force for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire. , said: "We can confirm a 44-year-old male has been arrested and detained." The man is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court Glasgow Sheriff Court is the main Court in Glasgow. It is located in the Gorbals area of the city and is the busiest court in Europe. [1] The Sheriff Court lies within the Sheriffdom of Glasgow & Strathkelvin. on Monday. CAPTION(S): ARMED RESPONSE: Gun-toting officers rush in as the siege comes to an end' TRAPPED: A person in the flat |
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