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A man who brought much of Sydney city to a standstill when he climbed the Harbour Bridge – before later trying to grab a police officer’s gun in a hospital scuffle – has been jailed for at least eight months.

The 43-year-old on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the standoff in April and the subsequent scuffle at St Vincent’s hospital in which he tried to try to pull a police officer’s gun from its holster.

Magistrate John Andrews jailed the man for 12 months with a non-parole period of eight months for the charge of assaulting a police officer and fined him $2,400 over the bridge climb.

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Several lanes on the bridge were closed during the peak-hour rush on 4 April, with traffic reportedly banking up 20km in some areas. The man had climbed the bridge at about 4.30am.



More than 20 emergency services workers, including police, police rescue and paramedics, waited below on the bridge.