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Notorious free-climber, 21, scales The Shard in London and posts selfie from atop the skyscraper - despite being banned from tall buildings after dangling naked from a crane and did chin-ups from 1,100ft power station
- Daredevil Adam Lockwood, is believed to have scaled The Shard, in London
- The rogue climber was seen scaling the UK's tallest building at 5am
- He later posted a selfie on Facebook of him at the skyscraper's summit
- The Metropolitan Police have arrested three men in relation to the incident
The man who was spotted scaling The Shard in London this morning is a notorious free climber who has ascended some of the world's tallest buildings.
Daredevil Adam Lockwood, 21, is believed to have successfully scaled the UK's tallest building this morning around 5am, before taking a selfie at the skyscrapers summit.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 5.48am this morning following reports of a climber on The Shard
The Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service all rushed to the scene in an attempt to get the person down.
The area surrounding the base of The Shard was cordoned off, with rail passengers at the nearby London Bridge station being diverted to other exits.
Lockwood, from Manchester, shared the selfie of him standing topless and wearing no shoes looking out onto London's skyline.
In the image he seen wearing a headcam and is believed to have captured the climb on camera.
The free climber has previously scaled a number of huge buildings and structures across the world, including dangling from the rafters of the 262ft San Siro Stadium in Milan, doing pull ups at the end of a 1,115ft tall beam at a power station in Croatia and posing as a workman to scale a 1,200ft crane in Dubai.
The Il Primo, in Dubai, is directly next to the world's tallest building - the Burj Khalifa. Speaking after the climb, Lockwood said the experience was 'peaceful'.
Past climbs
Climber scales to the top of The Shard this morning
Notorious free climber Adam Lockwood is believed to have scaled the UK's tallest building, The Shard in London, this morning after posting a selfie hanging from the skyscraper.
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