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Officers were making enquiries in the Wallasey area following an assault yesterday afternoon when at around 8.30pm a 15-year-old youth climbed up onto the roof of a property in Hillcroft Road to evade speaking to them.

Doesn't sound like a teenager (apart from the "uniform") - he had stubble.

I'm a bit confused here PJ isn't this the description of the Man who stabbed the guy in primark?

Yes it is angel - it was because people had put the two incidents together.

Hi! Just to let you yes it was 2 teenagers, all their 'friends' were on our side of the barrier and police kept telling them to back away as they were just making the situation worse. The boys climbed up through a friend's attic and got through a hole in the roof, the police went up into the attic and thats were the older of the boys mother went to talk her son down and he was arrested. It was about 20-30minutes later that the younger lad was arrested. They were making stupid demands like asking the police to leave and then they'd come down or asking for ciggies and a lighter. I live in a road off Hillcroft and our road was blocked off too, no one was allowed in or out until 2am from just after 10pm, police told us just to stay behind the barrier, one man did go over the barrier and was arrested on the spot. I took a video of the boys on the roof and will upload it later though I'm not sure where to upload it too. Shell

ETA - My mum works in Primark and the security guard is fine, it was a 2 inch wound and he went home yesterday afternoon (I think against doctors advice though) and its believed it may have been a personal attack.

thanks for that shell if you upload your video to youtube you can then post it hear

A bit more on it from the echo

Cars wrecked in Wirral roof stand-off

A PAIR of teenagers caused havoc as they hurled slates from roofs at neighbours, policemen and cars in a five-hour stand off.

The feud began at about 8.15pm on Hillcroft Road, Wallasey, last night after police officers tried to question a 15-year-old about an assault in the area.

In an attempt to evade police the teenager climbed up through a house before being joined by another 16-year-old.

The pair then ran amok raining slates down on the street below. One police car was “trashed” according to a police spokesman and several other parked cars were badly damaged.

A crowd of up to 50 people gathered on Poulton Road and eyewitnesses reported a police officer suffering head injuries from a slate.

One said: “He was holding his head and looked dazed.”

But police reported no injuries, although three of their cars were damaged.

An ambulance was on the scene at about 12.30am.

Police cordoned off Poulton Road and Hillcroft Road as a negotiator tried to talk the pair down.

Worried grandad Les Farrington, 51, of neighbouring Evelyn Road, told the ECHO his six-year-old granddaughter Leah Williams and her parents were trapped in one of the houses. He said: “The lads have bust their way through a loft hatch in my daughter’s (Debbie Williams) house and asked to go to the toilet.

“The little one was scared and began to cry. I’ve been getting all this on the mobile and can’t do anything because I’m not allowed anywhere near. I feel totally sick.”

At close to 1am, one of the youths voluntarily came down from the roof.

Hillcroft Road residents were advised to remain in their homes until the second youth was removed.

He finally came down shortly afterwards.

Both have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and public order offences.



THE LIVERPOOL ECHO

out of order if anythink they need a good slap

What, shock, horror, two young boys on a roof and the police didn't provide,scaffolding, cat ladder, safety helmet, steel toe cap boots, gloves and eye protection. My God they'll be in trouble now with health and safety, civil rights and liberty.

I think they should be both sent a nice hefty BILL

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Thanks shell, welcome to wiki

Thanks!

Here's some pictures I took last night and some from this morning too. Shell

Jesus, they have caused a lot of damage to that roof!