ANOTHER suspect in the Ashfield public poo pandemic has been flushed out with a “blonde woman” the latest offender to be captured on CCTV.

Reports to police and Inner West Council have failed to put to an end to piles of human faeces being left in a laneway behind a strip of shops on Hercules St.

Taxi drivers were thought to be the primary suspects, but the plot thickened last week when a camera fixed to the Om Grocery supermarket caught an unknown woman in the act.

Shop owner Sadar Adhikari said the footage has been forwarded to police in what real estate agent Tim Simpson hopes “puts an end” to the saga.

It comes after taxi firm 13 CABS pulled up one driver for allegedly defecating in the laneway in March.

media_camera The latest offering left in the alleyway on Thursday. Picture: Craig Wilson

The situation has now become political with candidates vying for the upcoming Inner West Council election weighing in on the saga.

Julie Passas, running as a Liberal in the Ashfield ward, said the council was “ignoring its basic duties to residents” by failing to build a public toilet as part of the CBD upgrade, funded by a three year rate rise.

Ms Passas singled out “feel good projects” she claimed were getting priority in the council’s 2017/18 budget “at the cost of basic services”.

“The council is funding domestic violence which is a police matter, a football game for a club based in Redfern (outside the council area) and a refugee welcome centre that is not used by a single refugee living in the inner west,” she said.

“Meanwhile we have residents in Ashfield that have been hit with consecutive rate rises and not a single thing to show from it.”

media_camera Real estate agent Tim Simpson points to a different poo. He was public toilets to be built in the Ashfield town centre. Picture: Craig Wilson

Council administrator Richard Pearson defended the budget plans, which despite a lack of toilets, was “delivering more capital works than the three merged councils had previously.”

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Former Leichhardt Mayor Darcy Byrne, running in the Balmain ward, also hit back saying the council had “societal responsibilities it had to meet”.

But as the saga enters its third month, Mr Simpson called for the parties to come to an agreement and build a toilet.

media_camera A poo in situ in the Ashfield alleyway. Picture: Craig Wilson

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