POLICE and paramedics were called after a man was seen distressed outside a girls school.

The man was seen “falling over” at Montpelier Road, Brighton.

Ambulance crews were called at 11.45am today to the area. They requested help from the police to cope with a patient.

Witnesses saw him sitting on a wall and then running off down the road.

Police confirmed they were also called to the scene near Brighton Girls school. The patient did not need hospital treatment.