Pig farmer collected 80 barrels of human waste

A farmer, blamed for causing a village stink by collecting 80 barrels of human waste, has been convicted of breaching an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo). Peter Roy, 72, from Madderty, was warned he could be sent to jail if he does not let officials from Perth and Kinross Council dispose of the barrels.

Roy has been collecting his family's waste in oil drums in a long-running dispute with the local authority. Villagers have complained the area has been plagued by the smell of excrement.

An Asbo was granted against Roy after the court heard how all 300 residents had been left feeling ill because of the stench drifting from his farm at Craigmuir.



He is blamed for dumping gallons of waste during a seven-year protest against Perth and Kinross Council over claims the authority should repair his home, which is currently unfit for human habitation.

He has also left wheelie bins, cement mixers and a bath full of human excrement on the village's main road.

The farmer was found guilty of three different charges of breaching the behaviour order by dumping barrels of human waste on 2 and 18 September last year, and on 23 February 2009. Sheriff Lindsay Foulis found Roy guilty of breaching the orders but deferred sentence until February for him to be of good behaviour.