DAMAGE was caused when a man climbed onto the roof of an Evesham house and threw tiles at police cars.

The man was reportedly picking tiles off the roof and throwing them into the road, also throwing them at police cars which became badly damaged.

Police say a man, in his 20s was arrested after police were called to a domestic incident in Evesham on Sunday (November 3) morning, around 9am.

Paramedics were initially called to the property on Summerfield Gardens at 9.18am to reports of concern for a patient’s welfare. The sent one ambulance to the scene and treated one patient, a woman, for a minor injuries and she was discharged at the scene.

A spokesman from West Midlands Ambulance said: "We were then called at 10.22am to a property on Summerfield Gardens to reports of concern for a patient’s welfare. We sent one ambulance, a paramedic officer, the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team, the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham to the scene."

"On arrival we discovered one patient, a man, who had fallen from height. He was treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to Worcester Royal Hospital by land ambulance."

The road was closed while police dealt with the incident.

It is believed the man smashed up the house before climbing the roof, and that he ended up falling off the roof.

A bystander who was in the area shortly after the incident said: "There were police, fire engines and a helicopter."