The Eastleigh man known as the Naked Rambler has lost his case at the European Court of Human Rights where he claimed he had a right to be naked in public.

Former marine Stephen Gough had alleged that his repeated arrest, prosecution, conviction and imprisonment for being naked in public and his treatment in detention violated his rights.

The court unanimously found there had been no violation of Articles 8 and 10 of the Convention.

Gough, 54, has walked naked throughout the United Kingdom, from John O'Groats to Land's End, and is a well-known campaigner for his right to appear nude in public - even though his actions have often landed him in prison.

He spent total of five years and three months in detention from May 2006 to July 2011 when his arrest for breaching the peace sparked the current case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg.