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Man, 47, charged over Sheffield flats stand-off

David Spereall
BBC News Yorkshire
BBC Police vehicles parked on the side of a road, next to a police cordon. There are blocks of flats on the other side of the road. The weather looks gloomy and grey.BBC
The incident, on Broad Street in Sheffield, started on Monday night and lasted until Wednesday morning

A man has been charged with four offences following a 36-hour stand-off in Sheffield earlier this week which caused disruption across the city.

Yaqub Younis, 47, has been charged with affray, bomb hoax - communicating false information, intentionally/recklessly causing a public nuisance and criminal damage.

On Monday night, residents at the Gateway apartments on Broad Street were evacuated and moved to a sports centre to spend the night.

Several roads in the surrounding area were shut the following day as armed police engaged in an operation at the complex, before the incident came to an end on Wednesday morning.

Mr Younis, of Broad Street, will appear at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on Friday.

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