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'Burglar' on roof 'strips' for police

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The man talks to police after disrobing. (Nine News)
The man talks to police after disrobing. (Nine News)
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A suspected burglar who got stuck on a house roof in an exclusive Melbourne suburb stripped naked to show police he wasn't carrying any weapons.

The man became stuck on top of the property in Middle Park, in Bayside Melbourne, about 11.30am (AEDT) on Thursday, a police spokeswoman said.

"Initially he didn't want to come down but now it's a matter of getting him down safely," she said.

After first stripping naked, he then put his clothes back on, the spokeswoman said.

Local police, helicopters, police dogs, the police force response unit and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) were all at the scene at lunchtime working out how to rescue the man.

Firefighters planned to use a cherry picker to try to bring the man down safely.

Police said it was not known how the man got stuck on the roof.

 

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