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74 year old sparks
security alert and City Center lockdown
PARTS of Liverpool City Centre were
lockdown after a 74 year old entered Silkhouse Court, on Tithebarn Street,
at around 10:30am, with a suspect package. Merseyside Police said that:-
"Officers were called to a security alert at a business premises in
Silkhouse Court, Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, at about 10.30am, on 8 January
2016. We had received reports of a man acting suspiciously and claiming he
was in possession of a suspect package." It was later reported that
the fire alarm was activated by staff themselves, who then evacuated the
building. They then reportedly confirmed that all the people at the premises
had been fully accounted for. Police then closed of the roads so, as a
direct result all the area around Tithebarn Street is was fully cornered
off, around the Junctions at Old Hall Street, Exchange Street East and
Bixteth Street. Police at the time added that this was:- "a safety
precaution." The Police then used trained negotiators to directly
contact the perpetrator, in order to safely resolve the situation. As this
happened a bomb disposal team arrived on the scene along with armed
Officers. It was report that posts on
Twitter, at 11.09am, by staff, who work
within the building, that the bomb threat was on the 5th floor. MSB
Solicitors Tweeted:- "Apologies to all clients bomb scare on 5th Floor
of our Silkhouse Court Office so building evacuated." The 5th
Floor was later reported to be used by Groves, John and Westrup (GJW), who
are an insurance company who describe themselves as one of the UK's largest
boat insurers. As the afternoon drew on, the man eventually exited the
building and was arrested at gun point on:- "suspicion of making
threats to kill." After a Police wanted to stress in a statement
that:- "No one had been injured during the incident." They
also stated:- "Colleagues from the Army's Bomb Disposal Unit had also
attended the building to examine the package, which was found to pose no
danger to the public." As we publish we have no more information on
this news story.
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