Protestor who scaled Big Ben walks free from court

A bare-footed protester who scaled Big Ben wrapped in a Palestinian flag and clung to the landmark for 17 hours was spared jail. Daniel Day, 30, sparked a major emergency response when he climbed part of the 96-metre-high Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster on 8 March last year. Day, of Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, denied but was convicted of causing a public nuisance, and later admitted trespassing on a protected site. He appeared in Southwark Crown Court today (Mon)…