Man's second cliff jump threat in week
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by Karina Barker
Police negotiators spent 12 hours
talking down a man from Ramsgate cliffs - a week after he
threatened to jump from other cliffs.
They were called in the early hours of
Saturday by relatives concerned for the safety of the local man, in
his 30s.
After a search, they found him
standing on the wrong side of railings in the Eastcliff area.
Several police cars attended and
Victoria Parade, below the scene, was closed for most of the day as
a precaution to passers-by.
Trained police officers eventually
managed to persuade the man to climb back over the railings at
9pm.
He was taken to hospital for a mental
health assessment, before being remanded in custody for an
unrelated incident.
A Kent Police spokesman confirmed it
was the same man who had threatened to jump off cliffs at Dumpton
Gap the previous weekend.
On that occasion, police also spent
several hours talking him down.
Monday, January 23 2012
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