Rooftop protestor in tense stand-off with riot police

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.”