Monday, March 28, 2011

Sick Britain: The jeering crowds who urged suicidal man on McDonald's roof to 'jump off' - 28th Mar 2011

Jeering crowds urged a suicidal man to man to jump 50ft to his death from the roof of a McDonald's restaurant while police tried to talk him down, it was claimed yesterday.

He teetered on the edge of the building in Lowestoft, Suffolk, as spectators allegedly yelled 'jump off' and 'stop wasting our time, we've been here for ages, do us a favour' .

Trained police negotiators were brought in and spent nearly 11 hours talking to him as firefighters and paramedics stood by.

The 38-year-old called police at 5pm on Friday to say he was on the roof and about to throw himself off.

The man, who had climbed on to the roof via a fire escape, eventually agreed to come down safely and was arrested just before 4am.

Ian Armitage, 28, of Norwich, Norfolk, was shocked to hear drunken revellers shouting at the man to jump when he arrived at Lowestoft station at 11pm after a family event in the town.

He said: 'There were around 30 people watching on, huddled around the station building. I don't know if they had been out drinking or messing about but some were laughing and pointing.

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