Pensioner charged after stream 'contaminated with human waste'

A 67-year-old man has been charged in connected with the incident, police said.

Pensioner charged after stream ‘contaminated with human waste’ on Isle of Barra iStock

A pensioner has been charged after a Western Isles stream was contaminated with human waste from a campervan.

Officers were called to reports of a van’s toilet cassette being emptied into the stream near Castlebay, on the Isle of Barra, at around 10.30am on April 29.

A 67-year-old man has been charged in connected with the incident, police said.

They added that a report would be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.

A spokesperson for the force said: “A man (67) has been charged after a near Castlebay on the Isle of Barra was contaminated with human waste from a campervan.

“We received a report of the van’s toilet cassette being emptied around 10.30am on Saturday, April 29. A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”

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