The 28-year-old man caused mayhem by evading police for more than ten hours after lifting himself onto the roof of houses on St John's Road in Lowestoft.

Fire crew from across Norfolk and Suffolk managed to bring him down to safety this morning by using a crane in a dramatic rescue operation.

Firefighters used a crane to reach the man (Image: Nelson Walker)

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