Man safely brought down from Leeds city centre scaffolding
A man was safely brought down and taken to hospital for a mental health assessment today after climbing up scaffolding on a building in Leeds city centre.
A specialist police negotiator was called in and West Yorkshire Police officers attended at 6am after reports of a man who was on a building on Woodhouse Lane and was refusing to come down.
The man was safely brought down and taken to hospital for a mental health assessment. Police say only the pedestrian part of the road was closed and not the road itself.
Advice on dealing with mental health issues is available by visiting www.mind.org.uk or calling 0300 123 3393.