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Lewis Butterfield was seen stark naked and behaving aggressively in Haydon Wick on June 24 last year.

When he was chased by a neighbour’s dog, he threatened to sexually assault the animal, lashing out at it.

The 26-year-old claimed his drink had been spiked with ecstasy when detained by officers.

Prosecutor Tessa Kingston told Swindon Crown Court: “It was a sunny day in the day time. Officers were called to Cloudberry Road to a report of an aggressive naked male causing problems.

“The defendant was duly found. He was behaving in a bizarre manner. His speech was slurred, he appeared to be foaming at the mouth.”

Butterfield was detained by police and taken to the Great Western Hospital where he received treatment for the drugs he claimed to have been slipped.

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However, after being discharged from hospital, it was claimed that Butterfield got into a taxi wearing nothing but a hospital gown and asked to go to Asda.

The court heard that during the journey, Butterfield repeatedly challenged the driver to a fight, and asking him if he was Turkish – the driver kept repeating he was from Swindon.

It was claimed that when the cab pulled over, the defendant got out and began punching the vehicle’s window, causing the cab driver to leave without collecting his £12.70 fare.

Butterfield pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour, common assault, and making off without paying for the taxi but narrowly avoided a prison sentence after proving to the court he had changed.

His lawyer Ian Fenny told the court he was doing well on his probation order and was in employment earning good money to pay for the upbringing of his child from a previous relationship.

Passing sentence Judge Jason Taylor QC extended Butterfield’s previous 16-week suspended sentence by six months, adding an extra eight weeks and 100 hours of unpaid work.

He was also told to complete a six months curfew, pay the taxi driver £750 compensation as well as £500 costs.

He has also been banned from the Woodlands Edge pub in Swindon.