Alistair Law (born 12 February 1997) is an English YouTuber from Southampton. His videos feature parkour, with him climbing on a range of buildings and cranes, as well as doing "overnight challenges", where he and a group of friends attempt to stay in various commercial premises after closing hours.
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| Born | Alistair Sherringham Law 12 February 1997[1] Southampton, Hampshire, England | |||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2010–2024 | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 3.47 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 449,368,361 million[2] | |||||||||
| Network | AllyLaw.co.uk | |||||||||
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Last updated: 27 Jun 2022 | ||||||||||
Early life and education
editAlistair Law was born on 12 February 1997 in Southampton, England. He attended the secondary school Oasis Academy Mayfield, leaving in 2013.[3] Law notes that before starting parkour at the age of 16, he was "extremely unhappy sat in [his] bedroom wasting away day after day, he had quit school and had no friends and had absolutely no idea what [he] wanted to do with [his] life." He had been addicted to video games since the age of 13.[4] Law is a qualified carpenter.[5] Law also remarked in one of his videos that he played football at the age of seven at The Hamble School in Southampton.
Career
editLaw started his YouTube channel in December 2014. The first video he uploaded was of him performing parkour on the top of buildings in Southampton city centre, filmed on a GoPro camera. Law started to receive local media attention in the Southern Daily Echo for his stunts in December 2015, after he scaled Dumbleton Towers in the Thornhill area of the city.[4]
He has climbed in multiple locations around the world, such as Melbourne,[6] Dubai, Bangkok, Barcelona and Los Angeles. This includes locations such as La Sagrada Familia and Tour First in Barcelona and Paris respectively.
Law also does "overnight challenges", where he and a group of friends will attempt to stay in a range of commercial premises after closing hours.[7]
After trespassing in Thorpe Park to climb the Stealth roller coaster in July 2017, and breaking into the Celebrity Big Brother house twice in January 2018, Law was given a five-year criminal behaviour order that prevents him from trespassing on areas of bridges or buildings not open to the public, or any business property outside business hours. He also received a lifetime ban from all properties owned by Merlin Entertainments.[8] The criminal behaviour order only applies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and a breach of the conditions could lead to a possible five-year jail sentence.[9] In addition, Law was sentenced to 120 hours of community work for breaking into the set of Celebrity Big Brother.[10] In 2019, Law took part in an MMA match, losing by majority decision to Joseph Henderson.[11]
Criticism
editLaw has received criticism from politicians, police and general members of the public for his climbing and trespassing on property. He has been warned multiple times by Hampshire Constabulary for trespassing, and after the video footage of him climbing Dumbleton Towers appeared on the Daily Echo, Southampton City Council leader Simon Letts stated that "It is a tragedy waiting to happen and someone's mother is not going to have a son at Christmas." In response to the trespassing, Law says "I always make sure I find them and explain to them what I am doing and in most cases the police are really understanding."[4]
Speaking to 9news.com.au, after climbing a crane in Melbourne, Law stated that "[he] is not going to pretend it's not dangerous [...] I will never put myself in a situation I'm not 110 percent confident with."[12]
When Law and a group of friends trespassed into the Etihad Stadium in Manchester in September 2017, The Independent called the incident a "concerning security breach".[13]
MMA record
edit| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Joseph Henderson | Majority Decision | FAME MMA UK | 14 December 2019 | 3 | 3:00 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England[11] |
Personal life
editLaw resides in Southampton.[14][15]
References
edit- ^ Ally Law (12 February 2017). ITS MY BIRTHDAY. Thailand: YouTube.
- ^ a b "About Ally Law". YouTube.
- ^ "Order of Events" (PDF). Oasis Academy Mayfield. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ a b c Morris, Felix (15 December 2015). "VIDEO: Daredevil Ally Law climbs Southampton's Dumbleton Towers block with no safety gear". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "We Spoke To One Of Britain's Youngest Urban Explorers". UNILAD. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "British Daredevil Climbs 200-Metre Tall Crane In Dizzying Video". NDTV. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE: YouTuber enjoys overnight stay at Aquadrome – watch the video here". Daily Echo. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "YouTube star Ally Law banned from UK theme parks and TV studios". Sky News. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ "YouTuber gets studio and theme park ban". BBC News. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Big Brother break-in YouTubers sentenced". BBC News. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ a b "YouTube star Ally Law loses in celebrity cage fight in Newcastle". 14 December 2019.
- ^ Davidson, Sean (19 April 2017). "Daredevil records illegal and dangerous crane climb in Melbourne's CBD". 9news.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ Brown, Luke (5 September 2017). "Manchester City's Etihad Stadium broken into by urban free climbers in concerning security breach". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "YouTuber 'travels 140 miles' for video throwing chocolate eggs at people'". Daily Mirror. 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Southampton YouTuber Ally Law convicted of trespassing into Big Brother house". Daily Echo. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.