Police investigating a rubber-clad gimp terrorising West Country villages have charged a 31-year-old man.

Joshua Hunt, of the Claverham area, will appear at North Somerset Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday charged with two counts of affray and one count each of possession of a bladed article and committing an act of outraging public decency.

Avon and Somerset Police said one of the affray charges and the possession of a bladed article charge related to an incident in Bleadon on Tuesday.

While the second charge related to an incident in Bleadon on Sunday, and the outraging public decency charge related to an incident in Cleeve on 25 October.

Hunt is currently in police custody pending today’s hearing.

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Joshua Hunt has been charged with affray, possession of a bladed article and outraging public decency{ai:summary}<p>Rubber-clad gimp terror in West Country village ends as 31-year-old Joshua Hunt charged with affray, possession of a bladed article, and outraging public decency. Police claim one charge and possession of a bladed article charge relate to an incident in Bleadon, while another charge relates to an incident in Cleeve. Hunt will appear in court on Wednesday.</p>

'Somerset Gimp’ charged and will appear in court

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