Escape artist sets record with midair stunt

AN escapologist yesterday set a new world record after breaking free from a straitjacket while suspended upside down from a burning rope — 160ft above a city centre.

Hundreds of onlookers cheered as Shahid Malik completed his Houdini-style midair stunt before being lowered to the ground by an 80-ton crane in Glasgow, Scotland.

It took the 49-year-old just under three minutes to wriggle free.