Man arrested after one-hour rooftop stand off with police in Cloverdale

A man has been arrested after a tense one-hour stand-off with the police on top of a Cloverdale house last night.

It’s understood the man led police on a short pursuit before crashing his blue Mitsubishi into a brick fence on Epsom Avenue at about 2am.

Police say the man then fled the scene on foot and climbed on top of the roof of a nearby house.

His passengers, two men and one woman, remained in the car while the stand-off took place. The woman was also taken to hospital.

It’s understood it took police about an hour to negotiate with the man and get him down from the roof.

The man was arrested and taken into custody