Jordan Lewis scaled the outside of a building to try to get into a nightclub.

Jordan Lewis scaled the outside of a building to try to get into a nightclub.

SOME young people will do anything to get into a nightclub for free - like climbing the outside wall of the building.

Jordan Lewis was one such reveller who was caught scaling the walls outside Main Street Nightclub about 12.20am on Saturday.

The 22-year-old leading hand electrician was seen climbing up the walls at the rear of the Victoria St building by a security officer, prosecutor Constable Janelle Young told Mackay Magistrate's Court yesterday.

"The security officer yelled at him and told him to get down or he'd hurt himself," Const Young said.

Eventually Lewis jumped down onto the roof of a car park and then jumped again from the car park onto Gregory St.

Police were driving in the area and officers saw him jumping down.

When he got down Lewis hit the ground running.

One police officer chased him on foot towards the Pioneer River while another officer stayed in the car and activated the flashing lights and siren.

The officer on foot yelled: "Stop, this is the police" and he also yelled: "We will catch you no matter what".

Lewis then fell to the ground, curled up into a ball and was arrested.

He pleaded guilty yesterday to taking part in an unauthorised high-risk activity and obstructing police.

Duty lawyer John Aberdeen, of Legal Aid Queensland, said: "He was trying to get into the nightclub by going up to the roof and dropping onto a balcony."

Magistrate Ross Risson said: "Obviously climbing up the outside of a building puts you at risk of falling and injuring yourself or even worse."

Lewis was fined $400.