Transgender woman, 45, who 'dumped soiled adult nappies at children's nurseries, stole a roll of clinical waste bags from local business and hid inside a bin' appears 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.
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, as well as hiding in a public bin with soiled nappies and smearing excrement on children's milk bottles.
Denis Rice, for South Tyneside Council, called the case 'complicated' and summarised it as 'dumping soiled adult nappies, interfering with nappies at a nursery, smearing milk bottles with excreta and the theft of nappy bags and associated offences'.
Taylor also faces a charge of outraging public decency, 'by 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'.
She is also accused of criminal damage by smearing excrement on milk bottles 'intended for consumption by small children' and on other parts of a nursery building, including the fire escape.
Taylor also faces a charge of intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance between October 2022 and November 2023 at South Tyneside, without reasonable excuse, 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.