Vestal Masturbation T-shirt

The Vestal Masturbation T-shirt was a piece of merchandise released by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth in 1993.

All four members were given 30 month-prison sentences, although due to his age Timms was sent to HM Prison Rochester, a young offender institution.

[3][4] In 1996, a 29-year-old fan of Cradle of Filth was arrested and found guilty of profane representation under the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 for wearing the shirt in public.

[2][5][6] Cradle of Filth's drummer Nicholas Barker was arrested for wearing the shirt in May 1997 while the band were waiting to take a ferry from England to perform in the Netherlands.

[2][5] In November 1997, a 24-year-old record store clerk in Ocala, Florida was arrested by police for wearing the shirt in a shopping mall.

[2][5] In 2005, 19-year-old Adam Shepherd from Weymouth, Dorset was arrested for wearing the shirt under the recently created anti-hate laws which banned the public display of religiously insulting signs.