Pensioner pumps his own poo through former pal's letterbox

Geoffrey Holroyd-Doveton (75) stored up excrement for two months before driving nearly 200 miles to deposit it through Donald Wicks’ front door.

Stomach-churning CCTV footage showed the excrement splattered across the hallway, staircase and carpet following the late-night attack on January 1. 

Holroyd-Doveton, of South Street, Kimberworth, believed Mr Wicks had contributed to the break-up of his marriage and “ruined his life”, Ipswich Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday.

CCTV from outside Mr Wicks’ home in Braintree, Essex, showed the pensioner walking up to the front door armed with his homemade pump. 

Donning a beanie hat, he assembled the device, which he shoved through the letterbox and used to spray his own excrement inside. 

Prosecutor Ms Lesla Small said Holroyd-Doveton had travelled down from South Yorkshire to get his revenge while Mr Wicks and his husband Richard were away on holiday. 

She said: “It would seem that the defendant defecated into a container and kept that for six to eight weeks.

“Using that pump, he has pushed the excrement through the letterbox, causing that to splatter over the hallway, up the stairs and onto the back wall.”

The mess was found by Mr Wicks’ secretary the following morning when she went to check on the house. 

She filmed the human waste, which had been blasted across walls — metres away from the front door. 

Holroyd-Doveton admitted criminal damage worth £4,000. Mr Wicks described the incident as despicable and disgusting.

He said: “It immediately caused me to feel very anxious and unable to sleep due to the stress. I felt my personal space, our home, had been invaded.”

Ms Emily Hughes, mitigating, said Holroyd-Doveton felt isolated and depressed following his divorce, having had to move from his home in Essex.

She described him as being incredibly sorry.

Holroyd-Doveton was handed an eight-week suspended sentence with 80 hours of unpaid work. 

He was also given an indeterminate restraining order ordering him not to contact or go within one mile of the Wicks’ home, and was made to pay £500 each to the couple in compensation.

Presiding magistrate Mr Michael Cadman said: “This is a pretty horrific offence.

“I think it is almost as bad as I have seen in my 30 years as a magistrate.”