{"id":21836,"date":"2026-06-07T19:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=21836"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:35:04","slug":"britains-weirdest-criminals-from-bodybuilder-akinwale-arobieke-to-somerset-gimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=21836","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s weirdest criminals \u2013 from bodybuilder Akinwale Arobieke to Somerset Gimp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The UK is home to some grade A weirdos. We could list literally thousands of oddballs who have sprung from these shores. Now, while some of our army of eccentrics have gone on to forge serious political careers \u2013 many have pursued a life in crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When a weirdo commits a crime, there\u2019s always a certain degree of creativity to the law breaking. From the bloke who performed military rolls in traffic while wearing a gimp suit in Somerset, to a Scot who <a aria-label=\"tried to rob a bookies armedLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/horse-racing\/black-market-bookies-backed-gangs-36876823\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">tried to rob a bookies armed<\/a> with a cucumber \u2013 here are some of the UK\u2019s weirdest criminals. <a aria-label=\"You've got to say they're an unusual bunchLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/brit-cops-face-world-cup-37190417\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">You&#8217;ve got to say they&#8217;re an unusual bunch<\/a> &#8211; and you just know there are going to be lots more strange behaviour round the corner.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_9b68f5\">Somerset Gimp<\/h3>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-36021340\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36021340\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hunt was told he could no longer 'writhe'\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article36021340.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_SWNS_GIMP_01.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article36021340.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_SWNS_GIMP_01.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article36021340.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_SWNS_GIMP_01.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article36021340.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_SWNS_GIMP_01.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Joshua Hunt was told he could no longer 'writhe'\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Joshua Hunt was told he could no longer &#8216;writhe&#8217;<cite aria-label=\"Image: Avon and Somerset Police \/ SWNS\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Avon and Somerset Police \/ SWNS)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The aforementioned sex-suit-road-crawler Joshua Hunt was 32 when in 2023 he was banned from dressing in an \u201call black gimp suit\u201d and \u201ccrawling, wriggling or writhing on the ground&#8221; for five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hunt was convicted of two offences under the Public Order act after the man terrified two female motorists in Bleadon, near Weston-super-Mare.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_9b68f5\">Akinwale Arobieke<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Liverpool bodybuilder Akinwale Arobieke became an urban myth as the \u201cmuscle squeezer\u201d \u2013 holding a long-standing fascination with bodybuilder-type physiques.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Arobieke, from Greater Manchester, was made subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) which banned him from touching, feeling or measuring muscles, or ordering people to do squats in public.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-35803369\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35803369\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.6\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Akinwale Arobieke\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article35803369.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Image.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article35803369.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_Image.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article35803369.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Image.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article35803369.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Image.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Akinwale Arobieke\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Akinwale Arobieke<cite aria-label=\"Image: BBC\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: BBC)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Arobieke died in August last year.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_9b68f5\">Space hopper<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On New Year\u2019s Day in 2015, cops pulled over a bloke riding a space hopper underneath a Dundee underpass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In the small, wee hours of the morning the man was discovered trying to bounce his way along the dual carriageway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Although he was stopped by police and \u201clooked very drunk\u201d, no formal action was taken. A witness told BBC Scotland, \u201cIt was like a scene from the movie The Hangover\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_9b68f5\">Cucumber Bandit<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">What is perhaps the UK\u2019s most infamous vegetable-related crime occurred in 2014 when a man from Glasgow tried to rob a bookies using a cucumber wrapped in a black sock made to look like a handgun.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-33606990\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33606990\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The cucumber was inside a sock and made to look like a handgun (stock)\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article33606990.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Close-up-of-hand-holding-cucumber-over-white-background.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article33606990.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/2_Close-up-of-hand-holding-cucumber-over-white-background.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article33606990.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_Close-up-of-hand-holding-cucumber-over-white-background.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article33606990.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Close-up-of-hand-holding-cucumber-over-white-background.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The cucumber was inside a sock and made to look like a handgun (stock)\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The cucumber was inside a sock and made to look like a handgun (stock)<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\/EyeEm\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images\/EyeEm)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The cucumber-wielding bloke, perhaps aptly named Gary Rough, tried to pass it off as a joke after he was knocked to the ground by an off-duty copper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rough added:&#8221;It was a dare&#8230; Am I getting the jail for this? I think it was quite stupid \u2013 I am not a robber. It was a laugh that went too far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_9b68f5\">Father Christmas<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In December 2014, a man in a Santa Claus costume decided to climb on top of Glasgow\u2019s famous Duke of Wellington statue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The unnamed bloke sat on the back of the stone horse, behind the Duke. Fire services eventually retrieved the bonkers climber and took him down a ladder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The man was slapped with a fixed-penalty ticket for climbing on the statue and cops later tweeted: \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Christmas hasn\u2019t been cancelled \u2013 it wasn\u2019t the real Santa.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"HeadingThree_heading-three__PBHLs  __className_9b68f5\">Neil Hopper<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Not to be confused with the aforementioned Dundee Space Hopper, surgeon Neil Hopper\u2019s crimes were a tad darker.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-35901609\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35901609\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" Neil Hopper froze his legs \" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article35901609.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/3_Surgeon-jailed-for-32-months-after-admitting-amputation-fraud.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article35901609.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/3_Surgeon-jailed-for-32-months-after-admitting-amputation-fraud.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article35901609.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/3_Surgeon-jailed-for-32-months-after-admitting-amputation-fraud.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article35901609.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/3_Surgeon-jailed-for-32-months-after-admitting-amputation-fraud.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Neil Hopper froze his legs \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Neil Hopper froze his legs <cite aria-label=\"Image: Devon and Cornwall Police \/ SWNS\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Devon and Cornwall Police \/ SWNS)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Last week Hopper, of Truro in Cornwall, was jailed for 32 months after he froze his own legs so they had to be amputated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was also given an 10-year sexual harm prevention order for insurance fraud and possessing extreme pornography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a tribunal Robert Dudley, representing the General Medical Council, said Hopper\u2019s crimes were \u201csexually motivated by the videos and by his own amputation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/britains-weirdest-criminals--bodybuilder-37242394\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK is home to some grade A weirdos. 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