Naked gardener, 80, given suspended jail sentence

An elderly naturist shocked his neighbours by gardening naked – and even cleaning his house guttering and changing a car wheel with nothing on. Kevin Lavelle, 80, was hauled before magistrates after long-suffering residents compiled a dossier of evidence against him.

His victims, many of them elderly, told how his antics left them upset and extremely distressed. Lavelle was reported to police last month after neighbours saw him gardening in the front garden of his bungalow wearing nothing but a blue hat.



On another occasion, he was spotted in his garden wearing only a pair of trainers. The court also heard claims that Lavelle, from Heald Green, Stockport, had performed a sex act in public.

Lavelle pleaded guilty at Stockport magistrates court to three counts of indecent exposure. He was jailed for eight weeks, suspended for six months, fined £85 and placed under house arrest for eight weeks, meaning he has to remain indoors between 4pm and 11pm everyday. Lavelle was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for seven years.