A Korean man demanded a cigarette from police as he refused to come down from a roof – just moments after a body of a 25-year-old woman was found in an alleyway.
The man, who appeared to be distressed and agitated, was crouched at the edge of the high-rise apartment block on the 26th floor in Sydney’s north shore.
The man can be seen gripping the edge of the glass roof as he held his head in his hands.
A Korean man asked police for a cigarette while they tried to negotiate with him to come down from the roof of an apartment building (pictured)
The distressed man was crouched at the edge of a see-through roof above one of the building’s highest balconies (pictured)
Police brought in a translator to help negotiate with the man, who has been on roof for hours
It comes after the body of a 25-year-old woman was found in an alleyway off in Chatswood
A Korean translator arrived at the crime scene just before 10am to help negotiate with the man, who could be seen pacing along the balcony and gesturing with his hands.
Police said it appeared the woman had fallen from a balcony.
Her body remains at the scene, covered by a police forensic pop-up structure, while specialist negotiators try and talk the man down from his location, directly above the body.
The man can be seen perched on the edge of the awning, staring down at where the body is lying.
Police have been unable to remove the body because of the man’s presence above it.
The man can be seen gripping the edge of the glass roof hanging his head over the edge
It appears the man has taken off his shoes and is peering down off the edge of the roof
The Korean man is on the 26th floor of the apartment building on Brown St, Chatswood
It appeared the woman fell from a building on Brown St on Monday morning
The body was found not far from a number of businesses and apartment buildings (pictured)
A pedestrian found the body in an alleyway in Chatswood at about 6.30 Monday morning
Police received a call around 6.30am on Monday that a body of a woman was found in Sydney’s north.
A pedestrian made the grim discovery of the body, which was found not far from a number of businesses and apartment buildings.
It has been reported the alleyway is connected to a vacant block of land.
However, it is unknown whether the man on the roof is related to the woman’s dead body.
Police are investigating the cause of the woman’s death as it was not immediately clear.
The public have been advised to avoid the area, however a crowd of onlookers is watching and filming.
However, it is unknown whether the man on the roof is related to the body found Monday
Police are investigating the cause of the woman’s death as it was not immediately clear