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Hampson, of no fixed abode, was found guilty of wilfully obstructing the highway contrary to section 137 of the Highways Act 1980.

After an earlier conviction, his brother John reportedly said: “He’s not really mute. He never stops talking. It is quite simple really. He’s a spoilt brat.

“There is nothing like a protest going on. He just does it to have a comfy life inside prison.”

John, from Swansea, added: “There is nothing wrong with him. He acts dumb, but I can tell you that he is not.”

He was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison in 2021 after a jury found he was “mute of malice” not “mute by visitation of God”.

His first conviction was in 2014, then others in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2025 with 11. He speaks to prison officers but refuses to with police, court and doctors.

A judge even ordered a psychiatric report be made into Hampson’s behaviour, but he refused to speak to the doctors.