On the 2019 World Naked Bike Ride in Clacton, A guy called Sam Ricky Gilleard Smith used some threatening, abusive, and insulting words against the riders as well as threatening to throw eggs at the riders which he later carried out. This man has now been convicted at Chelmsford Magistrates Court of two counts under section four of the public order act 1986 and we as World Naked Bike Rides will always go to court when we are the victims of a hate crime. People need to know that public nudity is a lawful activity and that attacks verbal or physical on people like us will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
At the hearing on 1st March 2021 at Chelmsford Magistrates Court, Sam Ricky Gilleard Smith changed his plea to guilty to the following charges in light of overwhelming evidence against him. Two counts of Using threatening, abusive, insulting words and behavior to cause harassment alarm distress. This case has taken 18 months to come to court and we are very happy with the outcome. However, we have video evidence that shows Mr. Smith driving erratically and in a way likely to be dangerous. The police failed to prosecute him for the driving offenses of which he is clearly guilty. At the trial, the crown prosecutor told the witnesses that she was not aware of his driving offenses and that it was unlikely that he would be prosecuted. Is it now one rule for us and one rule for them.
Sam Ricky Gilleard Smith was sentenced as follows:
1) Fined £180
2) Ordered to pay Compensation
In 2019 he was added to the World Naked Bike Rides list of bans and restrictions as a POI Person Of Intrest. The list can be viewed by any WNBR worldwide. We have also this week changed his entry on the list to show that he is now Banned Convicted. therefore should Mr. Smith show up at any of our rides he can now be removed by the police at our request. We also give free and full access to the list to the authorities. He will stay on the list until the end of 2056 when he will be removed.
Also, the ban on the publication of photos and videos to do with this case was lifted at midnight on the day of the trial and we can now post the photos and videos online for all to see
