A 15-year-old girl has been bailed after she was arrested over a two-hour stand-off with police last Tuesday (5 September).
The girl was spotted on top of Hove Town Hall at about 7pm, with police told that someone had climbed to on to the roof.
She went up and down the top levels of the scaffolding, wearing Crocs on her feet, and could be heard calling down to people in Church Road, Hove.
Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service and the South East Coast Ambulance Service all attended, with the stand-off lasting until about 9.30pm.
Police said: “At 7pm on Tuesday 5 September, emergency services were called to Hove Town Hall, in Norton Road, following a report that a person had climbed on to the roof of the building.
“Officers attended and engaged with the person and they were safely escorted down from the building
“A 15-year-old girl from Hove was arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance and wasting police time.
“She has been released on bail pending further inquiries.”
I saw this from within and spoke with the police as she jeered at us gurningly while bouncing across the boards. All very strange way for her to spend life, and possible death
I’m not seeing Ben here, after insisting it was a male and claiming to be an eyewitness! Anyway, what a stupid waste of time. I used to hate being diverted to things like this. Had one once in another part of the country, where I was diverted away to someone similar to this, and had to leave an 80+ year old who had been stuck on the floor for 18 hours.
I’m not usually short with people, but I was very close to the mark that day…
A clip round the ear from the arresting officer would work better than court.