A man who climbed part way up the 'Big Ben' clock tower at London's Palace of Westminster early on Saturday and stayed there all day as part of a pro-Palestinian protest, appeared in court on Monday.

The man scaled the U.K. building on March 8 and refused to come down, putting traffic in the area at a standstill and prompting negotiators to reach him via crane

Emergency services have closed Tower Bridge after passers-by spotted a man sitting on top of the tourist landmark - it is unclear why the man climbed onto the bridge