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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Oliver Clay

Moment nine hour armed siege at bungalow ended

This is the moment police made their move to end a nine-hour armed siege.

Shouting and bangs can be heard from officers in the clip as they charged a bungalow on the Uplands in Palacefields, Runcorn on Thursday night. Two suspects - a man and a woman - were brought out a short time later.

Armed police - supported by regular officers, the ambulance and fire service - swooped on the estate at 1.30pm on August 18, over reports of a robbery in Widnes earlier that day. The bungalow's two occupants did not emerge until around 11pm.

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Crowds of bystanders gathered to watch the stand-off from beyond a cordon, which was extended by police during the early evening. Cheshire Police reported during the siege the two occupants - a man and a woman - had refused to leave the property. Figures in a waterproof jacket could be seen trying to negotiate with the two.

Eventually, a man and a woman were seen leaving the property.

A general view of the scene at The Uplands in Runcorn on Thursday (runcornweeklynews)

Two people have since been charged. Callum Kerr, 31, of Partington Square, Sandymoor, Runcorn, was charged with robbery, and assault of an emergency worker and affray. Rachel Bates, 38, of The Uplands, Runcorn is charged with robbery, attempted robbery and affray.

They were remanded into custody at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Monday to appear at Chester Crown Court on September 19. No pleas have been entered.

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