Man wearing g*mp suit terrorises villagers in Somerset!

A teenager has described a "freaky" late-night encounter with a man wearing a "gimp suit".

The 19-year-old said he was approached by the man in Cleeve, North Somerset, at about 00:25 BST on Tuesday.




He said the man was "unpredictable, flopping to the floor, writhing and grunting".

A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance and has been released on bail.

Similar sightings of a person wearing a "gimp suit" - a full, dark bodysuit and face covering - have previously been reported in the nearby villages of Claverham and Yatton in 2019, 2021 and 2022.

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A man accused of wearing a gimp suit and committing an act of outraging public decency has been remanded in prison ahead of his trial.



Joshua Hunt, 31, is charged with two counts of affray and carrying a bladed weapon and has been set to face a jury at Bristol Crown Court in November.


The charges relate to an incident in October last year when a member of the public reported being approached by a man wearing a black gimp suit and a shiny mask over his head.


There were further alleged incidents in May when female motorists saw a man in the street dressed in a black costume.

Hunt was arrested minutes after the second incident, and is said to have told police: "I am not a gimp - I do not own a gimp suit. I am not in a gimp suit."