'Spiderkid' exits 25th-floor flat via drainpipe

A 15-year-old 'spiderkid' scrambled out of his 25th-floor flat in Ma On Shan yesterday, shinned down a drainpipe and clambered into a flat on the floor below; the second such incident in three months.

Emergency crews were called in when a 39-year-old housewife found the boy climbing through her kitchen window.

The boy, who suffers from hyperactivity, was being cared for by his brother in their flat in Kam Fung Court on Sai Sha Road when he made his climb shortly after 2pm.

He was unhurt.

A police spokeswoman said the Social Welfare Department was following up the case.

'His brother did not discover the incident until our officers were called to the unit,' a police source said.