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A Strangeways prisoner has scaled a fence and is staging an apparent protest - in just his underwear.

The prisoner has been named as Stuart Horner who was jailed for 27 years in 2011 for the murder of his uncle Ian Taylor.

Police officers have told the Manchester Evening News prison bosses put in a call because they were concerned the man could be seen by members of the public from the road.

But they were stood down after they discovered the prisoner was not visible to passers-by.

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It is understood the man, said to be only in his underwear, has climbed an 18-foot high fence of an enclosed exercise yard.

Chants and whistles are said to be audible from inside the prison with a chant of "we shall not, we shall not be moved" clearly coming from the walls.

Prisoners were also seen throwing objects from the window including toilet roll.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said there was ‘no chance of escape’ for the prisoner - and that Strangeway bosses are now attempting to get him down.

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A source told the Manchester Evening News that inmates have been complaining about conditions for some time and a local journalist reports hearing one inmate shout: "They're treating us like animals, so we're going to behave like animals."

And a spokesperson for The Prison Service said: "An incident at height involving a prisoner is ongoing at HMP Manchester. Negotiators are at the prison and there is no wider disruption to the establishment."