shell out for Daily Star's newsletter. It's FREE! Sign up today for the biggest and brightest stories sent straight to your inboxAn "agitated" man wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with a "long barrelled weapon" held off police in a tense seven-hour standoff.The incident broke out at around 2.10am, when police were called to reports of a man with a hammer, causing damage to a betting shop in St Helens, Merseyside.By the time police arrived, the man had moved to a flat above the shop, where he could be heard causing damage to the property.
A woman was also found in the flat with the man, reports the Liverpool Echo, but she left the premises of her own accord. A spokesperson from the force said: "A short while after officers arrived the.
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