HAMPSHIRE'S naked rambler has been given his longest jail term yet.

Even a threat of life in jail couldn't persuade Eastleigh's Stephen Gough to cover up, despite an offer of freedom if he put some clothes on.

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Now the 50-year-old dad-of-two has been sentenced to 21 months behind bars after being found guilty of breaching the peace and being in contempt of court.

Sheriff Linsay Foulis at Perth Sheriff Court jailed Gough for a year for walking naked in Perth after being freed from prison in December last year.

His freedom was short-lived when police waiting at the prison gates immediately arrested him for refusing to put on some clothes.

The Sheriff also ordered a further three months jail time for contempt after he insisted on conducting his trial in the nude and added the 180 days that Gough had left to serve when he was released midway through his previous 12-month sentence.

The former Royal Marine has spent much of the past four years in Scottish jails after stripping off on a flight to Edinburgh and subsequently refusing to wear prison uniform or wear clothes to court.

Gough told the court that he accepted that it was possible he could live the rest of his life behind bars but denied his nakedness was a breach of the peace or an affront to the court.

Sheriff Foulis said: "I suppose it doesn't need an expert in crystal ball gazing to anticipate that if I impose a custodial sentence then in so many months time a similar scenario will arise."