Strangeways prisoner in rooftop protest

The prisoner at HMP Manchester who was staging a protest on the roof of the prison has voluntarily come down with emergency services after 60 hours.

Stuart Horner, from Wythenshawe, is serving 27 years for shooting dead his mother’s brother, Ian Taylor, after a family feud.

New pictures have emerged of HMP Manchester rooftop protestor Stuart Horner appearing to jab at riot police with metal poles.

Officers wearing special body armour were seen to take up positions on the roof the jail, formerly known as Strangeways, on the third afternoon of the one-man protest.

Earlier, it emerged several prisoners had been moved to other jails because of the levels of damage caused by Horner, who appears to have the support of a crowd of people outside the prison walls.

Convicted murderer Stuart Horner was in a tense stand-off with riot officers as his rooftop protest continued at Strangeways.

Two officers with shields were seen making their way up a ladder in the roof space near to where Horner has been holding his protest this morning.

Horner, from Wythenshawe, is serving 27 years for shooting dead his mother’s brother, Ian Taylor, after a family feud.

As the officers made their way onto the roof Horner was seen to walk towards them with a metal rod in each hand.

The officers then ducked back into the building. Horner was heard to say: “It is my roof not theirs.”

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said of Stuart Horner's protest: “As a result of damage to a wing around 60 prisoners have been transferred out of HMP Manchester."

HMP Manchester's rooftop protestor Stuart Horner's stand-off enters its third day.

Convicted killer Stuart Horner remains on the roof of HMP Manchester after a cold, wet night. Supporters took to the streets at the prison formerly known as Strangeways and joined the demonstrations against alleged poor conditions at the site. Horner claims he and other inmates locked up for 23 hours a day.

The murderer who was jailed for 27 years for killing his uncle scaled an 18ft fence on Sunday afternoon and has stayed there ever since.

Last night fireworks were set off over the prison and DJ turned out to entertain the crowd that had gathered outside.

Our reporter Adam McClean sent this report from HMP Manchester

There are extraordinary scenes outside Manchester Prison tonight. Extra police officers have been drafted in to deal with a protest party has started as a convicted murderer continues his protest on the roof. He's now been there for 33 hours.