HMP Frankland prisoner hours-long stand off - in pictures

They show the man, who had scaled HMP Frankland yesterday evening (Wednesday, June 21) dressed in only his underwear and trainers, finally coming down from the roof after an hours-long stand-off. 

Emergency services were called to the outskirts of Durham after the inmate managed to scale a roof of the prison during the afternoon. 

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The Ministry of Justice has today (Thursday, June 22) confirmed that the situation has been resolved, and the man has come down from the roof safely. In the pictures, the prisoner is helped off the roof by three officers, who are cabled to the roof. 

Officers in riot gear, and a negotiator, were dealing with the incident for several hours, with the prisoner eventually agreeing to come down at around 3.30 am this morning. 

Last night, the prisoner was at one point seen brandishing what appeared to be a metal bar.

He was sitting and lying on his yellow and blue prison uniform as three uniformed officers and a negotiator spoke to him in a bid to get him to come down. It appeared as though he was sunbathing. 

Officers were secured to the building with cables for their own safety.

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The man put his prison uniform top back on before descending from the roof and to the officers. 

HMP Frankland houses some of the UK's most dangerous inmates.

The notorious jail, about five miles outside of the picturesque city, is home to 850 inmates, who are Category A, Category A High Risk and Category B, across eight wings.