LONDON (AP) — Britain's "naked rambler," who has had numerous brushes with the law for nudity on land, has been arrested after allegedly shedding his clothes aboard an aircraft.
Stephen Gough, 47, was arrested Thursday on his way to Edinburgh for a court hearing where he was challenging four contempt of court citations for nudity in Scotland. Police arrested him at Edinburgh Airport.
At the court, three justices decided that Gough's case merited a full hearing. Lord Johnston urged Gough's lawyers to persuade their client that he was "doing himself no good" by continuing to go naked.
Gough has twice completed naked walks the length of Britain, with interruptions for arrests and court appearances. "There is no law saying 'Thou shalt not go naked,"' Gough said at one of his court appearances in 2004. "All I am doing is dressing how I want to dress and believing what I want to believe."
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