This is the grim moment a man pulled up outside a business and did a 'big p**' on the doorstep in Tameside.

In the footage, the man reverses his car, wanders round to the front of the building then drops his trousers before depositing human waste at the entrance.

Horrified staff arrived for work on William Street, Ashton, on Monday morning (December 9) and found the yucky substance wrapped in toilet paper.

They looked back on CCTV and found footage of the culprit carrying out the unpleasant act at 10.30am on Saturday morning.

He then drove away from the scene.

A female staff member, who didn't want to be named, said: "The lads came in on Monday morning and found a big p** in front of the door.

"They came in and checked CCTV. I came in and saw it on Tuesday. I was like 'what's he doing?'"

The woman said the footage showed it was a premeditated incident as the man came with his own toilet roll.

He could have easily used the facilities at a BP garage nearby.

"We have no idea why (he would do it). We want to know why, it's very strange.

"It's the way he pulls up outside the building and then reverses. People don't stop outside really."

"We know it's nothing to do with the business. Even if it was it's still no excuse.

"We are a place of work. For our poor lads to clean that up - they would have trod in it if they didn't see it.

"The lads were just a bit horrified."

A spokeswoman for GMP said: "Shortly before 10.15am on Tuesday, December 10, police received a report that on Saturday, December 7, a man had pulled up outside an address on William Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne and defecated on the doorstep.

"He then proceeded to drive away."

Enquiries are ongoing.

Information can be passed on to the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.