Man who scaled 55-storey Melbourne tower without harness arrested by police

Climber, identified by police as a 29-year-old French man, believed to have reached top of 163m-tall residential building about 7.30am

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A man who allegedly scaled a 163m-tall residential tower in Melbourne's city centre without a harness, and the other man who police believe filmed him using a drone, have both been arrested.

According to Victorian police, a man was seen climbing the side of 60 A'Beckett Street about 7.30am. He did not appear to be using any safety equipment.

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