Hunt for woman after takeaway box of poo dumped at MP’s office

Police have released CCTV to try and track down a woman after a box of human faeces was left at an MP’s office.

The white takeaway-style box had ‘Siobhan’ written on the top and is reported to have contained a message inside reading ‘If you won’t clean your own s***, why should I?’.

It was left outside of the constituency office of Conservative MP Siobhan Baillie, who was elected in 2019 as the first woman to represent the area.

The incident was reported shortly after 1.30pm on November 2.

Officers have now identified a woman on CCTV who they would like to talk to further.

A box containing faeces which was left outside Siobhan Baillie’s constituency office (Picture: PA)

CCTV showed a woman appearing to carry a box (Picture: Gloucestershire Constabulary)

In the footage, the woman is seen wearing pink trousers and walking towards the MP’s office.

Following the discovery of the excrement last week, Ms Baillie said: ‘It’s difficult to understand the motivation of anybody who would leave a box of poo for another person to open. It is disgusting.

‘We are also in the middle of town – what would have happened if a child had picked it up instead?

‘I have no idea what they hope to achieve other than to try and intimidate myself and my staff.

‘Nobody deserves having to find this stuff outside their workplace and MPs have been murdered in recent years so we cannot ignore strange or nasty behaviour.’

She added ‘This type of activity is self-defeating and will harm democracy.

‘Decent people are already thinking twice about standing for public office or working in public facing roles because of the nastiness, hate and abuse that MPs and others receive.

Siobhan Baillie has been the Tory MP for Stroud since the 2019 election (Picture: Wessex News Agency)

Police released CCTV hoping witnesses will come forward (Picture: SWNS)

‘If we continue down this road, with people resorting to such juvenile and unpleasant tactics, then we may end up with elected officials who refuse to engage with the public or believe it is acceptable political discourse to leave excrement on doorsteps of those they do not agree with.

‘I have a zero tolerance to this sort of behaviour. I know the vast majority of local people will be equally disgusted too.

‘I have challenged political hate in Parliament and locally already – this is nothing new or anything I cannot handle.

‘I will also protect my staff and do everything I can to ensure the person who did this is found.’

Anyone who can identify the woman or who has information which could help the investigation is asked to contact Gloucestershire Constabulary.

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The box had ‘Siobhan’ written on the top and is reported to have contained a message reading ‘If you won’t clean your own s***, why should I?’.