‘Human waste found inside St Paul’
A demonstrator with a one dollar bill over his mouth listens as the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, speaks to demonstrators camped outside St Paul's Cathedral in London on October 30, 2011. A demonstrator with a one dollar bill over his mouth listens as the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, speaks to demonstrators camped outside St Paul's Cathedral in London on October 30, 2011.
St Paul’s Cathedral has been desecrated by vandalism, human waste and discarded drug needles since the arrival of anti-capitalist protesters outside, court papers allege.
Children as young as nine have been living among drink and drug abusers in squalor at the camp.
Police have arrested a sex offender on the site which has become a “magnet” for addicts and those with mental health issues, it is alleged.
Cathedral staff have also been subjected to foul abuse from the protesters. The shocking allegations were made in legal papers lodged at the High Court by the Corporation of London at the start of its battle to evict the camp.
It includes a letter from the registrar of St Paul’s, Nicholas Cottam, cataloguing the problems since protesters arrived on October 15.
He said graffiti, including a sacrilegious message, had been scratched and painted on the building and human waste had even been found inside it.
He said services had frequently been interrupted by the noise from the protesters.
Police have reported a string of arrests at the site. Legal experts say the battle to move the camp could drag on for months. - Daily Mail