Man jailed after hurling bricks at police during rooftop standoff

A wanted man has been jailed after a five-hour rooftop standoff, during which he hurled tiles and bricks at police and was found in possession of a firearm.

Officers were called at around 7pm on 30 May to reports of a wanted man at a house on Coventry Close in Scunthorpe. When they arrived they found the man was Kyle Ferguson, who was wanted for breaching his court bail conditions.

Ferguson then fled the property and climbed onto a roof and refused to come down. He then started shouting abuse at officers and started throwing bricks and rocks towards the police.

He agreed to come down from the roof after several hours, but continued to threaten police saying he would bite and eat the officers.

He was arrested on suspicion of affray, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance, burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, common assault on an emergency worker and breach of bail.

Kyle Ferguson, 30-years-old, of Lambourne Rise in Scunthorpe pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of a prohibited weapon.

Detective Constable Scott Belton said: “Ferguson’s intentions that day were to cause as much disruption as possible, and he is a selfish man who had no regard for the local community, the damaged caused to the property, and wider members of the public who would have been affected in some way by his careless actions.

“Thankfully, no police officers were injured because of Ferguson’s mindless behaviour, but five-hours of police time was taken away from other members of the public who could have been in serious harm or needing emergency assistance whilst Ferguson was causing mayhem for no other reason than to evade arrest for as long as he could.

“To then discover that Ferguson was also in possession of a loaded firearm, I am pleased to have removed one from our streets before it was used to fatally or seriously injure someone."

He was sentenced to nine years and ten months in prison.

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