Here's a WMN story: again a 36 yr old woman, but with a different name from the one in the DT story. Are there two separate stories, involving 36 yr old women, in the same small town, on the same day?
WOMAN SPARKS POLICE STAND-OFF
11:00 - 17 July 2007
A woman believed to be under threat of eviction was at the centre of a seven-hour stand-off with armed police yesterday.
Officers were called out to Pathway Fields in Hayle, West Cornwall, at around 10am in response to reports that a man had been seen going into a house with a firearm.
The quiet cul-de-sac was cordoned off, neighbours ordered to stay indoors and trained negotiators called in.
It is understood the woman living in the end-terraced house, named locally as Sonia Pellow, was under threat of eviction from landlord Penwith Housing Association (PHA).
However, she had the support of a large number of people on the estate, who had signed a petition calling for the decision to be reconsidered.
One neighbour described her fear as the close teemed with armed officers and the door to Miss Pellow's home was broken down.
"There was an almighty bang. It wasn't gunfire, I think it was the front door going in.
"There were police dog handlers there and I think they let the dogs in first.
"Then an officer came out and got a first-aid kit. An ambulance was brought up to the house and Sonia was taken to it. Her arm was all bandaged.
"When she came out she looked in quite a lot of pain. She couldn't step up to the ambulance."
The woman, who asked not to be named, said Miss Pellow was a quiet person and they had never really spoken.
"It was a real shock what happened. The first thing we knew about it was when we stepped outside the door in the afternoon and a policeman turned around with a big gun in his hand and told us to go back inside.
"After that we heard them shouting at the door 'it's not about the eviction, we just want you to help with our enquiries'."
Another neighbour who has known 36-year-old Miss Pellow most of her life, said she had been unwell recently but had been trying to cope.
She said that PHA had wanted to evict Miss Pellow, but many people on the estate had rallied round.
"We got up a petition to show our disapproval of what they were trying to do. I think most people on the estate signed it."
"I've known Sonia a long time. I wanted to go and talk to her, but the police wouldn't let me."
Another neighbour said Miss Pellow had lived on the estate since it was built 11 years ago.
"You never knew she was here. She just kept herself to herself."
It is understood that Miss Pellow's mother and sister were brought to Pathway Fields, but it is not known whether they were allowed to speak to her during the siege.
Police maintained a high-profile presence in the area for most of the day, stopping people from cutting through the cul-de-sac.
There was no one available for comment from PHA.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police told the WMN that a 36-year-old woman had been arrested and would be questioned about the incident.
He was unable to say whether she had been taken for hospital treatment.
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