Court bans 'urban explorers' from scaling Foster and PLP towers

Allies & Morrison's 100 Bishopsgate and PLP's 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London

Injunction bans free runners and climbers from Multiplex sites

A High Court judge has intervened to stop a number of davedevil urban explorers and free runners from trespassing on high-profile towers in London.

The injunction names four people and threatens them with jail or seizure of assets if they attempt to gain access to three Multiplex sites - PLP's 22 Bishopsgate (formerly known as the Pinnacle), Allies & Morrison's 100 Bishopsgate and Foster & Partners' Principal Place, the residential tower being built behind Amazon's headquarters.

The four are Alistair Law, Rikke Brewer, Dylan Rhodes and Usama Quraishi. They were forbidden from entering or remaining on the sites. A fifth person, Imogen Anderson, lodged a written undertaking with the court which it accepted.

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