PHOTOS: Thief clings to side of building for 3 days to avoid arrest

 A thief spent three days clinging onto the outside of the fourth floor of a hotel building - because he didn’t want to be arrested and bring shame on his elderly mother.

After he was spotted trying to steal power cables, he climbed up the outside of the hotel in the Chinese province of Shenzhen, before sitting on an external air conditioner for 70 hours.


During the ensuing stand-off police and rescue services stayed around the clock to try and talk him down but he refused to budge, according to The People’s Daily.

As he dashed up the side of the building the emergency services, worried that the man was suicidal, set up an inflatable cushion underneath him to catch him if he fell – only for him to move to avoid it.

During the stand-off he refused all food and water, before eventually accepting a bottle of water from a journalist from the Shenzhen Evening News as a large contingent of local media also gathered to film the stand-off.

The man then broke down – telling the reporter he was worried his actions would have embarrassed his 70-year-old mother, who police then offered to pay for him to visit

After 70 hours on the side of the hotel he eventually relented and climbed back into the building before being arrested by the solitary police officer who remained on duty.