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A man who dressed as a "ghost" and smeared faeces and urine on a woman's door for seven months has been finally been arrested.

Security footage shows the creepy figure - wearing a mask, bed sheet, bright red shoes and long black wig - walking through the corridors of an apartment block and stopping at the victim's door.

He then produces what looks like a bag of poo and begins daubing the excrement on the entrance to the flat.

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Chinese news website CCTV reported that the campaign of intimidation started in January when the victim, named as Ms Yang, received a note accusing her of "interfering" with another person's family.



Although the woman replied with a note of her own saying she could explain the situation face-to-face, the strange ghost man began appearing at her door, leaving behind a disgusting trail of human waste.

Ms Yang installed CCTV outside of her home to catch the culprit - although one camera was destroyed by the aggressor in July.

(Image: CEN)

But on Tuesday, police in Dali, in China’s southwest Yunnan Province, said they had arrested a 42-year-old man as part of an investigation into the strange attacks.

He is reportedly being held for 20 days as police carry out further enquiries.