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Pam the Bird: arrest ends hours-long standoff after graffiti painted on Melbourne’s 120m Bolte Bridge tower
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The man allegedly behind the notorious Pam the Bird graffiti has been arrested after he allegedly climbed and vandalised a major bridge, sparking an hours-long police standoff and traffic chaos.
Nearly nine hours after causing a major police operation from the top of Melbourneâs Bolte Bridge, on which he painted a giant cartoon bird, Jack Gibson-Burrell peacefully surrendered just before midday on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Yarraville man caused âconsiderable cost to the publicâ, police said.
Pam the Bird graffiti vandal detained after bridge stand-off
A man has been arrested after an hours-long stand-off with police on top of a 140-metre tower on a Melbourne bridge, which delayed thousands of drivers on CityLink and West Gate Freeway.
Police say the trespasser scaled the bridge and abseiled down the concrete pillar to spray-paint the notorious Pam the Bird character on the surface in the early hours.
The man lowered himself to the ground and was detained by police at 11am.
An hours-long stand-off between police and a vandal who climbed a concrete tower of a prominent Melbourne bridge and spray-painted an infamous graffiti character has ended peacefully.
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Bolte Bridge alleged intruder unmasked as accused Pam the Bird graffiti vandal
An eight-hour stand-off at the Bolte Bridge ended after police arrested the Pam the Bird graffiti agitator, who allegedly climbed a giant concrete pillar and spray-painted a tag onto it.
Jack Gibson-Burrell, 22, was seen walking towards police with his hands raised on the banks of the Yarra River about 11am on Tuesday.
Clad head-to-toe in black, Gibson-Burrell allegedly climbed up one of the concrete pillars flanking the bridge about 3am on Tuesday and spray-painted a giant Pam the Bird.
Police say he refused to follow their directions to come down. While he was on the bridge, he posted regular updates to an Instagram account with the biography “#notcomingdown”. The account now has 23,000 followers.
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