Man appears in court after Hock Coppice 'armed siege'

Bryn Jones, 39, appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster yesterday (Monday) following what some residents described as 'a siege' in Warndon Villages, Worcester.

DRAMA: The aftermath of the siege at Hock Coppice in Warndon Villages in Worcester (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

The incident in Hock Coppice lasted hours and saw armed police with guns, night vision goggles, dogs and flash grenades descend on the suburban street. A police negotiator was also involved. 

Jones of Rounds Road, Worcester, was charged with assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm and possession of a knife which related to an earlier incident on August 16 this year.

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Jones was remanded in custody by magistrates until a further hearing at Worcester Crown Court due to take place on October 30. The case is now listed for a plea and trial preparation hearing which is when the defendants either admit or deny the charges against him.

Eyewitnesses said it lasted five hours and that few slept because of shouts, loud bangs and barking dogs with a police negotiator involved at one stage.

One resident described 11 or 12 firearms officers with balaclavas, helmets, guns and shields testing their Tasers before surrounding the property. 

"It was quite frightening but I understand the police have a job to do. All the neighbours were looking out, a bit mesmerised. I heard a police negotiator shouting. They wanted to get a woman out safely."

At one stage she heard what she described as six to seven loud bangs.

"Twenty seconds later they marched him down here. It all ended about 3.30am," she said.

Another witness, a pregnant mum, said she heard the flashbangs exploding before the fire alarms in the house went off.