A SELF-EMPLOYED gardener has been found guilty of intentionally causing harassment, alarm, or distress to two female motorists after going out dressed in an all-black gimp suit, PA's Rod Minchin reports.

Joshua Hunt, 32, was found guilty by a district judge of two offences under the Public Order Act following a trial at Bristol Magistrates’ Court.

North Somerset Times: Some of the masks and clothing recovered from Hunt’s van and homeSome of the masks and clothing recovered from Hunt’s van and home (Image: Avon and Somerset Police)

He was fined £100 and ordered to pay £200 compensation to each of his victims and £620 prosecution costs.

The court heard female motorists were left terrified – with one fearing they might be abducted – after seeing Hunt in his black skin-tight outfit.

District Judge Joanna Dickens said she accepted Hunt had already spent a month on remand in prison prior to his trial and that was a bigger punishment than any sentence she could impose.

“I accept that you have already received punishment and spent time in prison and lost your good character in a very public way and no doubt affecting you for the remainder of your life,” she said.