A MAN was lucky to escape alive after he danced in an open window of a sixth floor flat.

He spent about two hours hurling household goods from the flat, smashing windows with a hammer and perched precariously on the window.

The drama started just before 9am on Tuesday at Pear Tree Court, in Pendleton, Salford, according to residents.

The man, believed to be 35, threw bottles, a microwave oven, pans and even a lap-top computer out of the seventh floor window, damaging cars parked below.

Police say they were called at 9.40am. A stand-off ensued, watched by a crowd of about 200 people.

An M.E.N reporter saw the man appear to 'play up' to the crowd, dancing on the window and also reaching up to smash the window of a flat above with a hammer.

Blood-stained

He appeared to have blood-stained hands. One song could be heard playing continuously from inside the flat, 'All Summer Long' by Kid Rock.

The man disappeared back inside the flat and could be seen smashing windows in the stairwell.

The drama came to an end when police in riot gear entered the block and shot the man with a Taser stun gun at 10.50am.

He was arrested on suspicion of affray and taken away in a van to be interviewed by police.

Anthony Robinson, 41, said: "My sister lives on the first floor and I had to go in to get her kids out. They're only three and 16 months, so it was upsetting for them, but they're ok."

Another resident on sixthth floor, said: "I heard this banging and I went to the door and I could see him through the spy-hole. He had a big hammer and he was smashing all the doors.

"I looked out of my window and the police had cordoned the place off. Then I heard the police shouting at him."

A police spokesman said officers were called at 9.40am following reports of concern for the welfare of a man at the block of flats. He added a 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of affray and was being interviewed by police.