Calls for security at Victoria Point ‘crime alleyway’ after man pooping caught on video

A video of a desperate man doing a poo in a local laneway has ironically finally prompted authorities to investigate the crime hotspot.

An unwell man’s desperate act, where he was caught on camera walking into a public laneway, pulling down his pants and defecating behind a tree, has become part of a state inquiry into the public corridor where residents say crime is out of control.

Horrified residents of Sycamore Pde and Teak Lane at Victoria Point captured the act on CCTV on Thursday and reported it to local authorities.

They confronted the man, believed to be a truck driver making a delivery to nearby Pet Barn, who explained he had been ill and had diarrhoea and could not make it to the shopping precinct toilets.

Sycamore Pde resident Maria Sealy, whose back fence adjoins Teak Lane, called for the faeces to be cleaned up.

The laneway, lit by one solar light, was where a police officer was beaten in May last year and where residents have filed more than 20 complaints about trespassers and other incidents including people urinating late at night.

More than a day after the council was notified about the poo, a team of workers was seen cleaning up the mess.

Matters hit boiling point last month, when the state Ombudsman weighed in and said it would launch an inquiry into safety audits at the site which is managed by Redland City Council on behalf of the state government, which owns the land.

Sycamore Pde resident Maria Sealy said she was concerned about faeces from a sick person being left in a public place.

“The man was ill and the faeces ... was attracting flies,” she said.

“I am concerned because this is a public place and where we have a community garden so people could come into close contact with this.

“We need proper security to keep residents safe and ensure there are no other health risks.”

The state Health Department did not comment but referred the matter to Redland City Council.

Remnants of the faeces left behind after a man defecated in Teak Lane, behind the Victoria Point shops and tavern. Picture: Contributed

Redland City Council did not comment and local MP Kim Richards has previously said she had no power over the land, which was under council jurisdiction and a mobile police patrol based at Wynnum.

LNP candidate for the area Rebecca Young said residents should not have to clean up the faeces.

“The entity that manages the land should be managing this situation and cleaning up the mess,” she said.

“Who controls this laneway has been made into a complex situation where, at the end of the day, residents are suffering.”