A defendant who is accused of dumping soiled adult nappies at children鈥檚 nurseries and outraging public decency has appeared in court.
Abbi Taylor, who also appeared on the court list as Martin Tarling, is accused of a series of nine charges between October 2022 and November 2023.
The Chair of the Bench, John Lee, asked the defendant if she preferred to be addressed as Taylor, and the defendant agreed.
No pleas were entered at the hearing at South Tyneside Magistrates鈥 Court and the case was sent to Newcastle Crown Court for a next appearance on January 16.
Denis Rice, for South Tyneside Council, called the case 鈥渃omplicated鈥 and summarised it as 鈥渄umping soiled adult nappies, interfering with nappies at a nursery, smearing milk bottles with excreta and the theft of nappy bags and associated offences鈥.
Annalisa Moscardini, defending, said: 鈥淭here is a lot of issues involved and I agree the crown court is the correct venue.鈥
Taylor is accused of four counts of dumping bags of toxic materials, namely nappies containing human waste, at nurseries on South Tyneside, contrary to the Environmental Protection Act.
The 45-year-old, of Haymarket Walk, South Shields, is also accused of stealing a roll of clinical waste bags from a local nursery business.
Taylor also faces a charge of outraging public decency, 鈥渂y behaving in an indecent manner, namely by being inside a bin containing the waste of children, including with soiled nappies and disclosed garments and interacting with the soiled nappies in sight of the public鈥.
Taylor is also charged with criminal damage, by smearing excrement on milk bottles 鈥渋ntended for consumption by small children鈥 and on other parts of a nursery building, including the fire escape.
Taylor is also charged with breaching a criminal behaviour order imposed by Nottinghamshire Magistrates鈥 Court in April this year, by being within 10 metres of a nursery without reasonable excuse, and/or 鈥渂y removing items from a waste receptacle in direct contravention of said order鈥.
The defendant also faces a charge of intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance between October 2022 and November 2023 鈥渁t South Tyneside, without reasonable excuse, did an act, namely by continuously dumping adult human waste and other materials on the street and at nursery premises and interfering with the contents of clinical waste bins containing faecal matter from children and babies and other similar behaviours鈥.
The defendant was granted conditional bail ahead of the crown court appearance.
