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Protester spends night on roof of HMP Manchester Murderer Stuart Horner spends night on roof of HMP Manchester
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A shirtless prisoner at HMP Manchester has spent the night on the roof in an apparent protest. A convicted murderer at HMP Manchester has spent the night on the roof in a protest over prison conditions.
He is thought to have scaled an 18ft (5.5m) fence at about 14:00 BST on Sunday and has been shouting at members of the public. Stuart Horner, 35, from Wythenshawe, Manchester, scaled an 18ft (5.5m) fence at about 14:00 BST on Sunday and was seen shouting at members of the public.
Police confirmed they received a call from prison staff asking for assistance over the "one person protest". At one point he smashed windows dressed only in his underwear as prison officers tried to talk him down.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said negotiators were at the jail and there was no disruption to other prisoners. Horner was jailed in 2012 for life for the murder of his uncle, Ian Taylor, 44, with a shotgun after a family feud.
It is not known why he is protesting at the prison, formerly known as Strangeways. Prisoners have now each been given a letter warning of "regime curtailments" due to the disruption caused by Horner to the Category A, top-security jail.
Police have temporarily closed a number of roads while the protest takes place including Southall Street, Sherborne Street and Empire Street. Horner, who is visible and audible from the rooftop above the walls of the jail, known locally as Strangeways, has complained about prison conditions and shouted he wants to change prison history.
Police confirmed they received a call from prison staff on Sunday afternoon asking for assistance over the "one-person protest".
Police have temporarily closed a number of roads while the protest takes place, including Southall Street, Sherborne Street and Empire Street.