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Man charged after roof tiles lobbed onto street
Birmingham Mail
|March 19, 2026
SUSPECT 'LUCKY NOT TO FALL' DURING TENSE STAND-OFF WITH POLICE
THIS was the moment a man perched high on a Birmingham rooftop was said to have “launched tiles” at the emergency services during a tense standoff.
Police were called after a suspect was spotted climbing across the top of several houses in Selly Oak.
Footage captured on a mobile phone showed a man wobbling as he balanced on the roofs before he started ripping up tiles and hurling them to the street below.
This story is from the March 19, 2026 edition of Birmingham Mail.
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