'French Spiderman' jailed for Shanghai climb
Afp, Shanghai
Intrepid climber Alain Robert, nicknamed the "French Spiderman", has been jailed for five days after scaling China's tallest building, police and French officials said yesterday. Robert's climb up Shanghai's 430-metre (1,420-feet) Jin Mao Tower Thursday without safety ropes attracted a large crowd and stopped traffic. He was arrested upon returning to ground level. "Alain Robert has not been expelled, but he has been jailed for an expected period of five days," France's deputy consul general in Shanghai, Anne Denis-Blanchardon, told AFP. "We are trying to obtain a reduction in his punishment and get access to him in prison." A spokeswoman for China's Public Security Office, who gave only her surname Xin, confirmed that Robert had been arrested after his daring feat and would face an "administrative detention" of five days.
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Intrepid climber Alain Robert, nicknamed the "French Spiderman", gestures as he climbs up Shanghai's 430-metre (1,420-feet) Jin Mao Tower on May 31, without safety ropes, attracting a large crowd and stopped traffic. Robert was arrested upon returning to ground level and has been jailed for five days. PHOTO: AFP |
