A man whom officers say climbed up the side of a fifteen-storey Elephant and Castle tower block to escape police has been arrested after a six hour stand-off.
Police had forced entry to an address in Albert Barnes House, Meadow Row, looking for a man suspected of robbery at 8.18am, Wednesday August 17.
Police said that to evade officers the male climbed out of a window, onto a sixth floor balcony, and refused to get down for over six hours.
While negotiating with the man, police blocked off New Kent Road and erected a cordon from Ash Avenue to the Elephant and Castle roundabout.
Officers could be seen on the walkways of the sixties housing block, while residents gathered a the cordon saying they weren’t being allowed back into their block.
The area was sealed off until 3.24pm when the man was arrested on suspicion of robbery and taken into custody.