Prison Protester Comes Down From Roof After Being Promised Pizza And Coke
Convicted murder Stuart Horner has agreed to come down from the roof of Strangeways prison after a 60-hour protest when prison officials apparently offered to give him a pizza and a can of Coca-Cola. The prisoner had been protesting about conditions at the facility and had previously said he intended to stay on the roof for 40 days and nights in an attempt to break the record for longest protest at a prison in the UK.
Police and officials from the Manchester facility had already been forced to move a large number of inmates after Horner damaged windows and destroyed parts of the roof. They also had to deploy extra officers to the prison when a crowd gathered to support the protest.
Reports suggest that Horner ended his protest at around 3am on Wednesday night. He was escorted down in a cherry picker by two policemen in handcuffs while he shouted to those members of the public who were looking on that he had been promised a pizza and a fizzy drink if he cooperated.
