Sean Daley, 54, from Filton was caught on CCTV using a bus stop as a toilet on ten occasions and has been ordered to pay £2,070 and given a 12-month community order for criminal damage and littering
A bloke who confessed to using a bus stop as a loo on ten separate occasions has been slapped with a £2,000 fine and handed a 12-month community order.
Sean Daley, from Gloucester Road North, Filton, showed up at Bristol Crown Court in July where he pleaded guilty to criminal damage and littering.
The 54-year-old was given a 12-month community order, which includes 10 rehabilitation activity days. He was hit with an £80 fine and ordered to cough up £990 in compensation to the council, plus costs of £1,000, bringing the total to £2,070.
The court heard that from September 2025 South Gloucestershire Council received reports that a bus stop on Badminton Road in Mayshill was being “repeatedly used as a toilet”, with human waste and used tissue paper left behind, reports Bristol Live.
The council’s cleaning team were regularly summoned to the bus stop to carry out a deep clean and sanitise the area using large amounts of potent disinfectant.
Between September 5, and November 21, human waste was discovered in and around the bus stop ten times. Alongside human waste, used loo roll and cigarettes were found in the bus stop, often stuffed between the slats of the benches.
A poster was displayed inside the bus stop to warn the culprit that the council was keeping an eye on the area, in hopes of deterring them from continuing their unsavoury habit. Despite the warning poster, incidents persisted and a local resident managed to capture several offences on CCTV.
On 7 October 2025, a dog warden spotted a man sitting on the bench at a bus stop. As she passed by, she noticed the man standing up in just his underwear and pulling up his trousers. Before she could approach the man, he had already left the vicinity.
Subsequent incidents in October prompted the council to remove the bench from the bus stop and set up CCTV equipment in the surrounding area.
Throughout November, CCTV captured a man arriving at the bus stop on a push bike in the wee hours of the morning. The man was seen smoking, discarding cigarette butts, and tissues and between 10 and 21 November, defecating outside the shelter.
On two of these occasions, he also urinated inside the bus stop. Environmental enforcement officers conducted surveillance and just before 4am on 21 November, officers observed a man littering cigarettes and tissues before cycling off towards Yate.
The man was trailed on his bike to his workplace in Yate, where he identified himself as Sean Daley. He was informed that he would be required to attend an interview.
On 22 December 2025, Daley was interviewed and claimed he had only visited the bus stop and used it as a toilet on one occasion due to health problems.
After being shown CCTV footage, he accepted responsibility for other incidents. Eventually, he confessed: “Yes, it probably is me”.
He also admitted that his behaviour posed a public health risk and recognised that nobody else was using the bus stop as a toilet. Daley was told he would be reported for summons for the offences of criminal damage and littering.
South Gloucestershire Council said that since Daley was approached on December 21, 2025, there have been no further reports of incidents at the bus stop.
Councillor John Bradbury, cabinet member responsible for environmental enforcement at South Gloucestershire Council, said: “I’m pleased to see this case conclude with a successful prosecution after the council’s environmental enforcement team acted swiftly and decisively to catch the offender.
“This man’s actions had a huge impact on nearby residents and the council’s cleansing team, and significant resources went into the numerous clean-ups.
“The investigation required investment of considerable time and resources by South Gloucestershire Council and I am grateful for the determination and diligence of our investigation team in bringing the offender to justice.”
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