Police in Melbourne were stuck in a standoff with a man on top of a major inner-city bridge after a dangerous graffiti stunt.
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Emergency services were called to the Bolte Bridge at 3am on Tuesday over reports a graffiti artist had climbed up one of the bridge’s 120-metre high pillars. Victoria police allege the man abseiled down the pillar and painted a giant Pam the Bird tag, which has been illegally painted on Melbourne landmarks for years, often in difficult to reach places and on heritage-listed buildings
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