French man jailed for climbing Melbourne skyscraper was ‘chasing the thrill’ not fame, court told

Anthony Andolfo sentenced to seven days in prison after scaling 55-storey building in Melbourne's CBD without any safety equipment

A French national who scaled the side of a Melbourne skyscraper without any safety gear has claimed he wasn't seeking fame or social media followers.

Anthony Andolfo, 30, was on Tuesday sentenced in Melbourne magistrates court to seven days in jail, reckoned as time served, after pleading guilty over the 6 February incident.