A man who scaled a 27-storey building in central London has been arrested for allegedly wasting police time.

Hundreds of workers stopped to watch as the man, aged 45, climbed up Portland House in Victoria Street without ropes.

Police taped off the area and later arrested him on suspicion of criminal damage and wasting police time.

Police said Mr Robert was bailed until an unspecified date in February.

Mr Robert has so far climbed more than 70 of the world’s tallest structures, including the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

I’m surprised they didn’t have him under the anti-terrorism act. The only waste of police time was the police waiting around for him. They should have gone and had a doughnut or tackled some real criminals and returned later when he was on his way down in the lift. As for criminal damage, I hardly think a pair of rubber shoes is going to damage concrete.