'Rooftopping' teen captures spectacular high-rise view from Sheffield tower
Standing precariously on the top of a high-rise building in Sheffield, self-styled urban explorer Ethan Raddon took this atmospheric picture apparently from the ‘Chinatown’ development at St Mary’s Gate.
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Far below in the middle distance is the Moorfoot building.
The craze of performing stunts on top of high buildings has become a social media craze known as rooftopping.
Ethan, 17, a student at Nottingham College, posted the picture on Instagram, with the caption ‘life is getting quite exciting'.
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Hide AdJerry Cheung, of New Era Development (UK) Ltd, which owns the building, said: “It should be impossible to get on the roof – there is a locked steel gate.”
In most cases, rooftopping will involve trespassing, but the police have said this is a civil rather than a criminal matter.
Trespassing in some areas, such as on the railways, underground stations and Ministry of Defence land, is a criminal offence.