A MAN has been charged after a protester climbed up the clock tower of Big Ben and held on for 17 hours.
The man, who scaled Elizabeth Tower barefoot at around 7.20am on Saturday, finally came down just after midnight on Sunday.
A man with a Palestine flag after he climbed up Elizabeth TowerPA
Images from the scene showed the man holding the Palestine flag he had with him on the ledge as he was lifted to the ground in a cherry picker.
Daniel Day, 29, has now been charged with causing a public nuisance and trespassing on a protected site, the Metropolitan Police said.
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