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A man has been jailed for 11 months after having sex with a swimming pool raft and his neighbour's inflatable pumpkin.

Edwin Charles Tobergta, 34, of Hamilton, Ohio , pleaded guilty to one count of public indecency - but admitted to more than a decade of weirdness with inflatable items.

He was arrested on June 15 after he stepped out of his backdoor, naked, in broad daylight and in view of a number of children, and had 'sexual relations with a rubber lilo'.

And this wasn't the first time Tobergta had been nabbed for his weird blow-up fetish.

He was arrested in in August 2011 for a similar offence, after having sex with a pink swimming pool raft. In 2002 he was caught having sex with an inflatable pumpkin that was part of a neighbour's Halloween display.

Judge Charles Pater called Togberta's actions "lewd", "obscene" and "something society's not going to tolerate.

Before being sentenced, Togberta said "I do want to apologise for my actions, I'm sorry. I'm ready to get my life together and quit all this nonsense."