A MAN has been charged with offences including false imprisonment and making threats to kill after armed police were called to a domestic disturbance.

Armed officers were called to an address on Nutgrove Road, Thatto Heath on Saturday night to reports of a domestic incident in which threats were allegedly made and a woman was reportedly assaulted.

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Officers arrived at around 10.40pm and a stand-off lasted more than two hours.

A cordon was put in place around the area during the time of the incident.

Police say that officers entered the address at around 1am and detained a man.

Christopher Noon, 26, of Nutgrove Road, Thatto Heath has been charged with breach of a harassment order; assault occasioning actual bodily harm; false imprisonment; affray; and threats to kill.

Noon has been remanded in custody and will appear at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday, September 23.