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French 'Spiderman' fined for climbing on Petronas tower | French "Spiderman" Robert Alain Philippe was fined RM 2,000 after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespass
for scaling the Petronas Twin Towers. He scaled Tower 2 of the Twin Towers at about 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday in his third attempt to conquer the building, and succeeded
about two hours later. Dressed in dark grey pants and a teal jacket, he was brought
into the dock in handcuffs. The 47-year-old was fined the amount in default of
two months jail at the KL magistrate's court on Wednesday, The Star reports. The
fine was set by magistrate Siti Shakirah Mohtaruddin after he pled guilty to criminally
trespassing a building belonging to Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre at Jalan Ampang
here, a crime punishable under Section 447 of the Penal Code. His lawyer Wong
Kian Kheong pleading for a lower sentence told the court that Philippe was only
climbing out of passion. "Everyone has a passion and my client's passion is to
climb tall buildings. He is not doing so for profit or publicity, he has caused
no injury to the complainant, nor has he caused any damage to the property," he
said. Wong added that his client had decided not to climb anymore buildings in
the city so there was no fear of a repetition of his crime. "He has a ticket to
fly back to Paris on Sept 7," he said. Wong added Philippe, a father of three
children aged 16. 19 and 22, had also climbed for charity previously and had trained
Malaysian fire fighters. He also said the court should also take into consideration
the fact that his client was certified as 60 percent disabled by French medical
authorities, as a result of his climbing accidents. Siti Shakirah, in handing
down her ruling, said no custodial sentence was imposed as he was a first time
offender.
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