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A pregnant mum was forced to wash her kids in a supermarket toilet amid claims her council flat bathroom was left covered in poo.

Desperate single mum Charlene Lewis resorted to using the facilities at a nearby Morrisons supermarket, claiming human waste had leaked into her bath and even poured out of her taps.

She said the bathroom of her flat was left covered in excrement amid a wrangle with the council over her filthy living conditions, BirminghamLive reports.

The 25-year-old, who is 30 weeks pregnant, claimed waste even poured from the taps of her flat - an allegation denied by the authority.

She said she was at her wits' end after weeks of wrangling with council contractors over conditions at her Birmingham home. The issue stemmed from a blocked toilet, Charlene said.

And she fears for the health of her unborn child as well as that of her seven-year-old son, Kameron, and daughter, Sabah, three.

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The toilet has now been replaced but the distressed mother claimed human waste began leaking into her bath as well as from taps a fortnight ago.

And Charlene said she soon realised the filthy mess happened when her neighbours in flats above her turned on their taps.

She said: "I can't use my sink or bath or anything with water. There is poo up my walls.

"After I reported the blocked toilet, they flooded me out of the bathroom and I had to rip all the the carpets up.

"They (the council) should be ashamed.

"I have no water and stuff coming through my plug holes.

"My flat smells like sewers and I'm still waiting for a hygiene clean and every time someone is due out I get a text like this (see below).

Charlene said her son was being tested for ADHD and autism and his behaviour meant he would not use any toilet but his own. He is also terrified of getting in the bath in case waste poured out.

"He is so upset as we are staying at so many people's houses and it upsets his routine.

"He tells me: 'Christmas is ruined'."

Charlene said council staff advised her not to stay in the property while the problems were investigated.

But, she said she had not offered her alternative accommodation.

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She said: "At the moment Sabah is sleeping at my nan's but Kameron will only sleep in his own bed so each night I stay at a friend's until about midnight then go to sleep in my flat with Cameron until 7am the next morning.

"Then I go back to my friend's to make him sandwiches for school as I can't make them at my flat because of the smell and filth.

"But it's not fair on my friend as she has two children."

"I can't even cook because of the smell."

Charlene, who previously lived problem-free at the flat for almost four years, said she had been forced to bin most of her clothes because of the clinging stench.

She even had to throw out a new Moses basket for her baby.

"I'm a single mum and my kids are living in a dirty, smelly flat and it's not my fault. "

Birmingham City Council said: "While it is not the case that the tenant was left without toilet facilities, there were some outstanding minor works following a leak.

"Following a visit yesterday (Wednesday, December 12), they have now been scheduled.

"We have also offered advice on what materials can be disposed of using the toilet.

"We would stress that at no point would there have been human waste coming from the taps."