Library staff defended the ban and claimed Stuart had been advised about his smell on a number of occasions over the past 12 months but had refused to do anything about it.
Margaret Bellamy, head of library services for Leicestershire County Council, said: "He has been using the library for a while and we've been getting complaints about his personal hygiene for about a year.
"It's not the cigarette smell, it is his body odour.
"We've sat down with him to see what can be done and even asked him if he's been washing, using deodorant and regularly changing his clothes.
"We asked him if he minded leaving if people complained about his smell, but recently it's got worse and we've been getting complaints.
"We've had people leaving and saying it's because of the smell. I feel very sorry about the whole situation and it's not a decision we took lightly but we've done all we can to help and it's still not getting any better.
"When people were refusing to come into the library we felt we had no other option
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