A MAN was Tasered after he barricaded himself inside a house in Dudley.

The man, who police said was armed with a knife and metal bar, was threatening to harm himself at a property in Thornberry Drive.

Police attended and the man was Tasered at around 11.10am yesterday (Sunday July 5).

A woman inside the house at the time was not harmed.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We were called to several reports of damage to cars and a man who had barricaded himself in a house in Thornberry Drive, Dudley, at around 11.10am yesterday.

"The man who was armed with a knife and metal bar was threatening to harm himself.

"Officers deployed Taser and he was arrested.

"The ambulance service attended and he was taken to hospital and is receiving assistance from mental health specialists.

"The woman at the house in Thornberry Drive, was fortunately not harmed and received support from officers."