Base jumper pleads guilty after getting stuck on side of Auckland hotel

A base jumper who became stuck on the side of an Auckland hotel by his parachute has pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal nuisance and has agreed to pay $22,000 in reparation.Ilies Nait El Cadi, a 22-year-old from Belgium, initially faced two charges of burglary but these were amended to the less serious charges in Auckland District Cout on Monday.Judge Brooke Gibson says he will discharge Nait El Cadi without conviction - but he wants to see that the reparations have been paid first.The matter was stood down to be called again later on Monday.Police are also seeking the destruction of his parachute, which Nait El Cadi opposes.Nait El Cadi jumped from a hotel on Albert St and the partially built Seascape skyscraper downtown.Police earlier claimed Nait El Cadi's rescue, which involved smashing a large window, caused more than $20,000 in damage.He earlier jumped from the partially completed 56-storey residential tower Seascape.A video of the jump was posted on social media.