A community leader is kicking up a stink about dog fouling after a pooch took a poop on a service bus.

Frances Allan has lived in Perth’s Letham estate for 55 years, serving for many years on the residents’ association with her husband Ronnie.

And Frances is furious at the state of the streets in the sprawling estate due to dog dirt.

She claims one dog owner did nothing when his pet pooch did its business on a service bus travelling through the housing scheme.

“On that particular filthy occasion, the bus driver had to stop the bus and section off the affected part before dropping off his passengers and making for the depot to have the bus cleaned up,” said the irate pensioner.

Frances is well known for the host of Letham community projects she is involved in, including her work with the Letham Swop Shop, the regeneration of part of the housing scheme, and her involvement in enriching the lives of the area’s pensioners. Ronnie is also concerned in various community projects including the allotments which have recently sprung up.

Frances says the dog fouling in the scheme is “the worst it has ever been”.

She went on: “It’s gotten worse in the last six months. The matter is brought up at every residents’ association meeting.

“We had the dog wardens at one of the meetings and they assured us that if they could prove dog owners were allowing their pets to foul the pavements they would be fined. However, I believe there are only two dog wardens in the whole of Perth and Kinross.

“Dog mess is all over the area.

“One recent visitor to my house even ended up trailing it into my living room.

“Someone had left a bag of dog dirt on the pavement. My visitor accidentally trod on it and, without realising, walked into my house with the muck on her shoes.

“I think the people who are letting their dogs mess are doing so late at night and early in the morning when there are not a lot of people about to see what they are doing.

“It’s absolutely disgusting, a big health hazard.

“The council are aware of the problem and are looking to remedy it. However, if we had more responsible dog owners we wouldn’t have a problem.”