Breaking: Woman Successfully Talked Down from Railway Bridge in Winchester After a four hour stand...

Published: 4:36 pm March 21, 2017
Updated: 4:49 am October 8, 2025
Breaking: Woman Successfully Talked Down From Railway Bridge In Winchester

Breaking: Woman Successfully Talked Down from Railway Bridge in Winchester

After a four hour stand off with a distress woman with a woman sat on a parapet of a railway bridge in the middle of Winchester city centre Police have successfully talked the woman into coming down, just after 4.20pm the woman was helped by a British transport Police officer down using a ladder. The distressed woman had spent much of the morning shouting at police after they where called after concerns for her welfare. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000x_nBeoRriTQ” g_name=”Successful” width=”100%” f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” invented twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ] Specialist Police negotiators have spent many hours trying to engage with the bare footed woman who is in her thirties. Officers have now successfully got the woman to a place of safety. A spokeswoman for British Transport Police said its officers were sent to the scene after a call was made at 11.34am. https:///youtu.be/1iKeOEZ33kw

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