A TRIO of courageous police officers have spoken of the heart-stopping moment they saved the life of a suicidal man dangling from the roof of a Worcester supermarket multi-storey car park.

However, all three say they are not heroes and were only doing what any other police officer would have done in the circumstances.

Despite their modesty West Mercia PCs Ed Jones, Darryn Van Rooyen and Nicky Nevin will all be put forward for commendations by inspector Andy Gough and have already earned the praise of South Worcestershire police commander, Supt Kevin Purcell, who spoke of his pride in their 'incredible' actions.

The incident on the top floor of the Asda car park in Worcester happened at around 6.35pm on Wednesday when officers received a call that a man was 'the wrong side of the railings' on the car park's top floor.

They found him perched on the brick plinth at the edge, facing towards Aldi.

He was not engaging with them as they tried to talk him down and at one point told them: "I'm going to jump!"

PC Nevin, aged 39, who was on her first day back following maternity leave after giving birth to twins, said: "All he had to do was let go. It was a really serious attempt. This felt different. He was very fixated on what he was doing. He had a purpose."

She said the scariest part for her was when he began pushing himself up on his arms and 'rocking himself' forward on the ledge.

At the most perilous point he lowered himself down so only his fingers and forearms were supporting him with his feet dangling over the edge.

PC Jones, a 30-year-old father-of-one, said: "I thought he was going to let go. I didn't think there was much I could do.

"If you approach when he's asking you not to is that going to be the trigger that makes him jump?

"It was a choice between securing his safety and just carrying on, trying to talk to him. He looked at us with fear in his eyes.

"I was just thinking 'how can we get him back over? How can we help him and get him to safety?'

"He realised he was in trouble when he had gone too far. That was when the fear in his eyes came. He got himself in a situation he could not get out of."

When asked if they were heroes he said: "This is just day to day policing."

PC Nevin said she saw a sudden realisation in the man's eyes that he was not going to be able to hold on much longer.

That was when PCs Van Rooyen and Jones shouted 'do you need help?'

When the man nodded all three officers sprinted towards him, closing the 15 metre gap as they pulled him together over the edge and back into the car park.

PC Jones grabbed him by the shoulders, PC Van Rooyen had him by the lower back and PC Nevin pulled him over by the legs in what they describe as one big, split second heave.

PC Nevin said: "He ended up in a bundle on the floor, thank goodness."

PC Van Rooyen said: "Any one of our colleagues would have done the same thing.

"A day like that provides good job satisfaction. The scariest moment was once we grabbed him. I thought 'what are the consequences if I lose my grip?' Once you get hold you feel you are responsible.

"Because of his physical position he would not have been able to hold on for long."

He said the personal danger to himself only really occurred to him once the man was safe.