Shard climber says prison 'won't extinguish spirit'

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Shard climber released from prison says adversity won't 'extinguish my spirit'

A free-solo climber who was jailed for scaling London's Shard building unaided has been released from prison.

The 20-year-old said prison was"tough" but he"didn't for one minute feel sorry for myself feel bad".After scaling The Shard, King-Thompson, from Oxford, was given a police caution but the building's owners began legal proceedings against him for breaching an injunction.George King-Thompson admitted being in breach of an injunction designed to deter trespassers

Urban climber Alain Robert, nicknamed the"French Spiderman", also greeted King-Thompson and said it was"totally unfair that they put him in jail".Image captionHe said:"It's a tough place. On my first day I got a notice through my door saying somebody had died - regularly seeing stabbings, attempted suicides.

 

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Can't believe he had twelve weeks in prison for that!

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