Police provide update on man arrested over kidnapping after ‘woman and child locked in Sheffield house’

A man arrested on suspicion of kidnap in Sheffield has been released from custody.
By Claire Lewis
Published 3rd Feb 2020, 09:56 BST
Updated 3rd Feb 2020, 12:57 BST
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He was arrested after armed officers were deployed to Weakland Drive, Hackenthorpe, last Thursday afternoon following reports that a woman and child were locked in a house.

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The alarm was raised at 12.15pm and negotiators were sent to the scene.

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A man arrested on suspicion of kidnap after an incident at a house in Sheffield last week has been released from police custody (Pic: Dean Atkins)A man arrested on suspicion of kidnap after an incident at a house in Sheffield last week has been released from police custody (Pic: Dean Atkins)
A man arrested on suspicion of kidnap after an incident at a house in Sheffield last week has been released from police custody (Pic: Dean Atkins)
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The woman and child were eventually released, unharmed, and negotiations with a 28-year-old man continued into the night.

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He was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping by false imprisonment.