Covert camera demand to catch lift poo culprit

8:30am Tuesday 3rd April 2012 in News By Mark Chandler

Andrew Scotter & Terry Liddle Andrew Scotter & Terry Liddle

COVERT cameras and forensic tests are needed to flush out the culprit who has been pooing, urinating and vomiting in lifts on an almost daily basis this year.

That's the call from people living in a block of flats in Eltham who are fed up with the filth inside two elevators at Soweby Close.

Greenwich Council has blamed the mess on a dog, but at a meeting last week, calls were made for forensic tests on the poo, which residents are confident will prove it is manmade.

Terry Liddle, 63, who made the demand, said: "If it's a dog it must have incredibly large bowels and a very large bladder."

He said: "People go out for an evening, get bladdered and, when they get in the lift, deliberately or otherwise, lose control of their bodily functions and let fly."

Mr Liddle has kicked up a stink with a 20-signature petition calling for a covert camera, similar to one used three years ago when the block faced a similar problem.

The retired welfare rights worker suffers from arthritis, and like many others living there, relies on the lifts.

He said: "The people it has the worst impact on are older people and people with disabilities who have no choice but to use it.

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"Either you just turn round and go home again or you have to hold your nose and face it."

David Parker, 62, who lives on the seventh floor, said: "The caretaker does a very good service but of course, the problem is when you hit the evenings and weekends."

FILTH: Poo, vomit and urine in the lift

Greenwich Council says covert cameras cannot be installed when there is no clear evidence of a criminal act.

Cabinet member for housing Councillor Steve Offord said: "I'd encourage residents to share any information they have with us and that can be in the strictest confidence."

Comments(20)

Jeepo12 says...
11:23am Tue 3 Apr 12

Get the CCTV up. I know a man who does it. ( the CCTV not the poo )

LOL.

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Linja says...
1:38pm Tue 3 Apr 12

If the person/s carrying out this filthy deed is/are Council Tenants lets hope they are evicted and not rehoused as they don't deserve a place to live.

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DJHMOTT says...
2:37pm Tue 3 Apr 12

and if they are rehoused lets hope it's a s**t hole!

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needsalife says...
3:13pm Tue 3 Apr 12

This sort of behaviour has been going on for at least 40yrs, from my experience. Even on the stairs. It must be a very tall dog to get it up the wall so high. So if the dog is lifted then it still means the mess is manmade. Councils, it is time to get tough on this behaviour once and for all.

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Jeepo12 says...
5:43pm Tue 3 Apr 12

Council tenants !! Say no more .

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needsalife says...
10:55pm Tue 3 Apr 12

From the sound of what was going on in LBCs lift between livinstone and Johnson, I think we've found the culprits. What a disgrace.

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fatboy2000 says...
11:44pm Tue 3 Apr 12

What the residents need to do is save it all up,find out where this amoeba lives & dump it all through its letterbox!!!!

a months worth should do it i reacon......filthy ba!*"?d$!!!

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MsChevious says...
9:25am Wed 4 Apr 12

Yummy! We have a similar charmer who evacuates his/her bowels in the carpark behind our flat, but thankfully that's in the open air - poor residents!

You can get small CCTV cameras relatively cheaply these days - I suggest if the council are reticent then residents club together to buy one so they can give the evidence to them and hopefully secure the eviction of this disgusting individual.

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the wall says...
11:49am Wed 4 Apr 12

I'll put my money on this being done by someone that lives there.

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Linja says...
12:47pm Wed 4 Apr 12

The culprit/s shouldn't be re-housed even a sh****le is too good for them.

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Outandabout says...
2:22pm Wed 4 Apr 12

I don't like to point a finger but the bloke on the right looks like he's squeezing one out

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Good To Go says...
10:35am Thu 5 Apr 12

Sounds like the kind of thing that failed blogger would enjoy doing lol

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Jeepo13 says...
11:29am Thu 5 Apr 12

More like you Karl and Brewer, both are so full of sh1t.

How's Manuel doing ? Keaaa

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Linja says...
2:45pm Fri 6 Apr 12

Jeepo12 wrote:
Council tenants !! Say no more .
I have been a Council tenant for over 40 years and have never seen such vile behaviour by a tenant but I did live in a block of flats where someone was urinating in the lift and when the chap was captured we found out he owned and lived in his own home!

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Brian Sewer3 says...
9:43am Sat 7 Apr 12

Yar har ha looking at the floor of that lift it looks like pigget material for his blog yar har har hah is that why he closed it yar har ha

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miss sweethuney says...
9:51am Sat 7 Apr 12

Brian Sewer3 wrote:
Yar har ha looking at the floor of that lift it looks like pigget material for his blog yar har har hah is that why he closed it yar har ha
lol brian seriously, bl00dy nasty out there, take care everyone

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papaleigh says...
10:10am Sat 7 Apr 12

deffo a cnut! rofl

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bobbi beauty says...
10:35am Sat 7 Apr 12

think the contents deposited in the elevator were a bit better than what was in 'that' blog lol

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Jeepo13 says...
3:48pm Sat 7 Apr 12

Linja wrote:
Jeepo12 wrote:
Council tenants !! Say no more .
I have been a Council tenant for over 40 years and have never seen such vile behaviour by a tenant but I did live in a block of flats where someone was urinating in the lift and when the chap was captured we found out he owned and lived in his own home!
No doubt then he was an ex council tenant who bought a council house.

THank yoU

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pamela8 says...
2:21am Sun 8 Apr 12

Doesn,t Enviromental health have something to say ? Why should the residents have to put up with this? I think that a whip round from all residents to raise enough to make an offer of a reward for information leading to the arrest of this filthy pig...If no joy from Greenwich..

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