Neighbour who hurled soiled loo roll from flat put under supervision

Aneighbour-fromhell who repeatedly launched soiled toilet paper from a top floor city centre flat has been placed under supervision.

John Cameron previously admitted three complaints of hurling the loo roll from his former attic flat on Market Street in Perth.

Cameron was found to have thrown “parcels” of bathroom tissue containing “human excrement” from his windows, to the disgust of neighbours, police and Hillcrest Housing.

Cameron was evicted after repeated breaches and now lives in hotel accommodation in Glasgow.

At Perth Sheriff Court, Sheriff Lindsay Foulis noted the fact Cameron had already spent 79 days on remand – effectively the equivalent of a five-month sentence – and opted not to jail him again.

The 46-year-old’s revolting behaviour was first noticed on November 14 2019.

Fiscal depute Joanne Ritchie said police had been attending a neighbouring property in relation to another matter.

From the living room window of a flat nearby, “three white items” were seen falling from Cameron’s window towards the pavement below, where several members of the public were passing.

These were found to be pieces of toilet roll which were covered in what appeared to be the accused’s faeces.

Police took Cameron from his home to Perth police station.

He pleaded guilty to breaching the peace.

However, he returned to throwing his used toilet roll from the flat on occasions from September 7 to 22 2020.

He also threw out bottles containing human urine and a noodle container.

Police again became aware of large quantities of used toilet roll building up in the guttering.

The waste had been spotted by workers at the adjacent Milne

Street construction site, who contacted Hillcrest Housing to report the matter.

It cost around £3,000 to hire specialist plant machinery to clear up the area, the court previously heard.

Cameron resumed his waste dumping between September 23 and 25 last year.

A witness who lived directly opposite again saw him throwing his poo-filled “parcels” on to the roof and Cameron was taken to West Bell Street Police Station in Dundee.

The sheriff placed Cameron under the supervision of Glasgow City Council social workers for a year.

“Three white items were seen falling from his window

EVICTED: Neighbour-from-hell John Cameron’s revolting behaviour was first noticed in November 2019 when he was living in Perth.