{"id":638713,"date":"2025-12-17T19:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/638713\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:09:28","slug":"glasgow-summerston-incident-latest-as-man-appears-in-court-over-10-hour-police-stand-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/638713\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow Summerston incident latest as man appears in court over 10-hour police stand off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Mullen, 56, of Glasgow, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday, December 16.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765998566_81_0_PHOTO-2025-12-15-16-29-49.jpg\" alt=\"Cops locked down the area.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Cops locked down the area.(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has appeared in court following a disturbance and resulting <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">10-hour police stand off<\/a> caused residents to be evacuated from a block of flats in the north of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/glasgow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GlasgowLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Glasgow<\/a>. Armed police were called to the incident on Drumlaken Street at 9.50am on Monday (December 17).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As reported on Glasgow Live, roads were closed and nearby residents were forced to leave their properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Steven Mullen, 56, of Glasgow, appeared at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/glasgow-sheriff-court\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Glasgow Sheriff Court<\/a> on Tuesday, December 16. He was charged with assault and engaging in threatening or abusive behaviour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was remanded in custody and committed for further examination. He will next appear within eight days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Pictures taken at the scene showed a large emergency response in the area. A large police cordon was erected around the quiet residential street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765998568_129_0_PHOTO-2025-12-15-16-29-19.jpg\" alt=\"A police cordon in the area.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>A police cordon in the area.(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Two police cars and a uniformed officer could be seen standing guard. Another image showed a firefighter on the scene later that night using a torch as darkness fell. A fire appliance could also be seen with a large number of emergency service officers standing in front of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Local residents, who had taken shelter in a community centre at 10am that day, were allowed back into their homes shortly after 7pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A police spokesperson said: &#8220;Around 9.50am on Monday, 15 December, 2025, officers attended an address on Drumlaken Street in Glasgow in connection with an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;A disturbance followed and specialist resources, including firearms officers, attended as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;A 56-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with the incident. He was due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday, 16 December, 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steven Mullen, 56, of Glasgow, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday, December 16.Cops locked down the area.(Image:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,188,918,196763,4884,530,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-638713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-glasgow-north","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-police-scotland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115736489694193361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}