A Plymouth man left dangling from a footbridge as part of a bet cost taxpayers nearly £5,000 to be rescued, a court heard. Lee Bassett, 29, appeared before Plymouth Magistrates on Monday where he pleaded guilty to the charge of causing danger to road users. Bassett was arrested on the evening of January 24 after he was spotted hanging underneath the footbridge which crosses Gdynia Way, close to the Cattedown roundabout.Prosecutor Will Rose told magistrates all three emergency services were called to the scene just before 9pm to reports of a man with a rope around his waist suspended from the bridge. He said Bassett, wearing a harness, was barely eight feet over the busy traffic lanes. He said: "As a result of this dangerous and reckless act, Gdynia Way had to be closed as well as roads in the nearby area.
"Police were there for at least 90 minutes. Spiderman, Mr Bassett is not." He said police and fire crews, who were forced to deploy a turntable platform, were eventually able to rescue Bassett from his predicament.
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