A man who was brought down from a roof above a busy Dundee street has appeared in court charged with numerous offences.
David Tracey, 28, was on the top of a five-storey building in the city’s Seagate on Sunday morning after police attended at his home.
Firefighters had to help him to safety and police closed the Seagate between its junction with St Andrews Street and its junction with Commercial Street.
Tracey, of Commercial Street, Dundee, pleaded not guilty to a number of alleged offences including claims of domestic abuse against his ex-partner, drugs charges, and failing to appear at an earlier court appearance.
Tracey appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court charged with pushing his former girlfriend and causing her to suffer fear and alarm during an incident last July.
He also faced charges of supplying both class A and class C drugs and failing to appear for a court appearance from earlier this month.
Tracey’s lawyer, Jim Laverty, insisted his client had experienced issues with drug addiction in the past, but is now clean.
Eyewitnesses reported a man on the roof of a five-storey building above William Hill around 11.30am on Sunday.
Officers closed the Seagate between its junction with St Andrews Street and its junction with Commercial Street, although pedestrians were still able to pass by.
Scottish Fire and Rescue sent an aerial ladder to assist in bringing the man down. For a time the man could be seen sitting on the roof speaking to firefighters in the ladder.
Dozens of Sunday morning shoppers stopped to watch the incident unfold.
Police cleared the street shortly after noon in order to bring the man down.
The street was cleared as he was said to be “too embarrassed” to be brought down in front of onlookers.
He was lifted to safety around 12.30pm and detained by police.
