Homeowner's horror as taxi driver 'drops trousers and does poo on pavement like a dog'

A man has been left furious after hearing no action will be taken against a cab driver - who he claims was caught on CCTV taking a poo "like a dog" outside his home.

Colin Aylward was scouring his home footage for flytippers when he noticed the taxi driver squatting outside his home in Dagenham, East London. He says the clip shows the cabbie leaving his Mercedes car, taking some toilet paper and defecating behind his car door before standing up and wiping his bottom.

The following day 52-year-old Mr Aylward rushed out to the road to find a pile of human excrement alongside some blue tissue paper, he claims. However, after reporting the cabbie to both the police and Barking and Dagenham Council, the dad-of-one says neither has taken any action.

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Mr Aylward said: "They said basically there was nothing they could do. I'm gobsmacked... Just when I think I've seen it all, he just s**** on the floor and left it there, then got back in his cab.

"He could have at least gone on the green, behind a tree or something, but he decided to poo on the pavement like a dog. He doesn't even attempt to clear it up... What an utter scumbag."

"He was sat in the taxi for about two hours. He drops his trousers and pants and just s**** where he stands. Then you see him wiping his bum. He drops the tissue paper and gets back in his cab for another ten minutes, then gets out to smoke a fag."

Mr Aylward explained that he recognised the cab driver, who he claims lives nearby, and knocked on the door of where he is understood to live with his parents. A woman later left the home, saying the cabbie had been ill and offering to clean up the mess, Mr Aylward claimed.

He added that after police showed little interest, he contacted Barking and Dagenham Council's 'grime crime' team - who name and shame rubbish dumpers - reporting the excrement as 'hazardous waste'. But the grime crime team then told him it was an anti-social behaviour incident, and the anti-social behaviour team also refused to deal with the incident.

"The police didn't want to know," Mr Aylward continued. "They viewed the footage but just said they would make a note of it."

"Why is it acceptable for a licensed taxi driver to s*** outside your house and get away with it?" He's picking up the public then s******* outside your house when he finishes work. It's absolutely terrible."

"I said to the council, 'What do you actually accept as antisocial behaviour, if people can just defecate on the pavement and leave it there and that's okay? What is your tolerance threshold?'!

A spokesperson for Barking & Dagenham Council said the footage was not clear enough. They said: "Mr Aylward was advised that because the CCTV footage doesn't clearly show a person defecating on the pavement due to trees and bushes obstructing the view, no further action could be taken.

"Without sufficient video evidence, there is unfortunately no proof that this incident took place."

Mr Aylward, however, said: "You clearly see him wiping his arse. You see him pulling the paper towel, which I then found on the floor."

"I've got three dogs and I pick up after them... But even my dogs have got better manners than him. The moral of the story is: don't s*** on your own doorstep."