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So-called “naked rambler” Steven Gough was sent to jail in Scotland for 657 days for breaching the peace by refusing to wear clothes. Ever.
Gough should be accustomed to jail though, considering he was arrested within 60 seconds of being released from his previous 21-month sentence, as he walked out of court entirely naked, right into a waiting group of police.
He was found guilty of breach of the peace after a trial at Perth Sheriff Court, which was initially held up while court staff found a sheet of brown paper for him to sit on “for hygiene reasons”.
Gough appeared naked in the court dock and was also found guilty of contempt of court for failing to display the “decency” required by the court process.
He claimed that arresting him for walking around naked was a breach of his human rights and his right to freedom of expression.
Read the full story from BBC News.