French Men Charged Over High Rise Climbing Stunt
Published on February 6, 2024
Two French nationals have been charged after one was captured allegedly scaling the side of a Melbourne skyscraper without any safety gear. Emergency crews were alerted to a man scaling the side of the 55-storey Avani building on A’Beckett Street in the Melbourne CBD about 7.50am on Feb. 6. Videos posted to social media appeared to show the climber grasping onto a white pole alongside the building’s facade as he ascended towards the top wearing a black backpack. Police met the 29-year-old man from Newry, later named as Anthony Andolfo, once he got to the top of the building about 8.20am before escorting him down and arresting him....