A Fathers 4 Justice campaigner was arrested in Britain Saturday after spending 18 hours on top of the London Eye, causing the ride to shut down.
David Chick, clad in a Spider-Man costume, voluntarily came down from the wheel. The protest was meant to call attention to the fact that Chick has not seen his daughter in 12 months, a fact he blames on unfair treatment by his former partner and the courts.
He had scaled the structure early Saturday morning, prompting the company running London Eye to launch a security review.
Scotland Yard said Chick was taken to hospital for a medical check-up. They said he would be questioned once discharged from hospital. They said it was as of yet unclear how he managed to scale the ride.
Fathers 4 Justice was set up by fathers who have either no access, or very limited access to their children, and claim they have been treated unfairly by courts.
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