The video will start in 8 Cancel

Sign up to our newsletter for the latest Sunderland news Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

A man who defecated persistently at a city train station is being sought by police.

The man defecated twice on the stairs and once in a lift at the station before catching trains towards Newcastle , say police.

A search is now under way for the culprit who committed the filthy acts in the station over the past ten months.

Sunderland station - which doesn’t have any public toilets - serves both the national rail network and the Metro line, and officers investigating the incidents say the man responsible catches the Metro heading to Newcastle after relieving himself.

British Transport Police (BTP) have released a CCTV photo of a person they want to speak to about the incident.

(Image: BTP)

A BTP spokesperson said: “The first incident happened on 16 September, 2016 at 5.40am, the second incident happened on 5 January, 2017 at 5.45am and the third incident happened on 4 July, 2017 at 8.17am.

“On the first two occasions the man entered the station and defecated by the south stairs.

“On the most recent occasion the man defecated in the south lifts.

“Officers are keen to speak to the man in the CCTV image in connection with the incident as they believe the man could have information that could help with the investigation.

“Anyone with any information is asked to call British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 or text 61016 citing reference 290 of 10/07/2017.”