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An irate Marske resident has bagged up FOUR lots of dog poo left on their lawn - and is offering it back 'free to the owner'.

Their protest, which highlights the revolting problem of dog fouling in the town, has been welcomed on social media with disgusted residents saying "people are doing what they can to fight the sh***!"

Posters branded the vile offence as "pure laziness", with one even threatening to "literally post it back through their letterbox" if they catch the owners.

The Churchill Drive resident even fashioned a wooden sign from which to hang the poo bags - which reads 'keep your dog off my grass - dog poo free to the owner'.

Becky Leigh Roberts, who took a picture of the sign and shared it on Facebook page Marske Uncensored, said it had been an on-going issue on Churchill Drive and many other areas of Marske.

She said: "People are letting their dogs poo in gardens and they run off.

"It's not fair on the kids when they walk in it and it can make children blind

"It's totally unacceptable in a lovely community, this shows people are doing what they can to fight the sh***!"

"I think [the resident] has bagged up the poo off their grass and put it on there to try and stop people doing it.

"It’s worse with dark nights, people think you can’t see and walk off."

Facebook posters said the practice "disrespectful" and claiming "there's nothing worse than stepping in it or having it on your pram wheels".

Another added: "So irritating. It's not difficult to have a pool bag in your pocket when you own a dog. Trying to usher the kids in the car on a morning and stepping over dog crap is just not great at all."

Another called dog owners lazy: "Really annoying. If you can't be a***d to carry a couple of poo bags and pick it up then don't have a bloody dog... Lazy owners."

One dog owner said they "wouldn't dream" of letting their pets poo outside someone's house, saying: "I have poo bags in almost every coat I own and in the pockets of my pushchair, I even carry them in the car just in case."

Dog owners will be issued a £100 fine if they are found not carrying bags to clean up their pets' waste under a new enforcement order.

In 2016, Redcar and Cleveland Council became one of the first local authorities in the country to introduce the new powers with plain-clothes officers patrolling dog-walking hotspots.

Officers have no powers to stop and search, however, it is an offence to fail to produce a bag or other means of picking up after your dog when asked by an authorised enforcement officer.

They will ask for your name and address and issue a fixed penalty fine of £100 if you refuse or are unable to produce a bag.