Property owners say they can't be held responsible for a death-defying fad which saw three youths taking selfie photos while dangling off the roof of an 18-storey Auckland building.
"The owner of the building is the victim, not the trespasser, and for anyone to suggest that some responsibility is borne by the victim is preposterous," said Property Council chief Connal Townsend of Monday's stunt.
A young man who acknowledged being part of an Instagram subculture likely to have inspired what he admitted was a "stupid" act said earlier yesterday that building owners had to take some responsibility for failing to block access to their roof-tops.
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The 18-year-old student with an interest in photography admitted having been on the roof of the West Plaza Building some time ago after walking through an unlocked plant room, but said he was horrified to have seen a picture in yesterday's Herald of three younger people sitting on a ledge on top of the same building, their legs dangling 74m over Customs St.