Naked Rambler: The UK's oddest legal stand-off

Gerald · 10-05-12, 03:54 PM

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Naked Rambler Stephen Gough has spent more than six years in Scottish prisons for refusing to put his clothes on. The authorities have made it clear they do not want him there but the rambler is sticking to his principles. The result is possibly the UK's oddest legal stand-off.

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The Naked Rambler has been released from prison in Edinburgh after serving his latest sentence for public nudity.

Stephen Gough has 18 convictions and has been in prison almost without a break since May 2006.

His previous spells of freedom have often been as little as a few seconds, with arrest following his refusal to wear clothes on departure from prison.

The offences of which he has been convicted are breach of the peace and contempt of court, refusing to wear clothes in front of the sheriff.

He has twice walked naked from Land's End to John O'Groats - in 2003-04 and 2005-06 - typically wearing only boots, socks, a rucksack and perhaps hat. In England, Gough had run-ins with the police, but the attitude in Scotland has consistently been tougher with police and courts mostly agreeing that being naked in public is fundamentally a breach of the peace.

Gough's attitude has also hardened, with the rambler refusing to wear clothes in court or after being arrested, leading to contempt of court convictions.

The authorities in Scotland are growing rather weary.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19625542

Note: 5 October 2012 Last updated at 12:43 GMT

STEED · 10-05-12, 04:01 PM

Put him in the freezer...frost bitten todger!

Bet he will soon put on a willy warmer.

Gerald · 10-05-12, 04:05 PM

Cheap price, £ 3.05 it costs to be on top,

Jimbuna · 10-05-12, 04:06 PM

[QUOTE=STEED;1944439]Put him in the freezer...frost bitten todger!

Bet he will soon put on a willy warmer.

LOL

Herr-Berbunch · 10-05-12, 04:57 PM

Sheesh, just let the man be. Six years!

Gerald · 10-05-12, 05:01 PM

A hard punishment ..... for wanting to walk around naked,

Jimbuna · 10-05-12, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Sheesh, just let the man be. Six years!

Behave yersel

Cybermat47 · 10-05-12, 05:36 PM

To quote General Melchett from Blackadder:

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Pop a bedpan on his head, place his todger between two biscuits, and yell 'Dinnertime Fido'!

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	A hard punishment ..... for wanting to walk around naked, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie