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Suspected drug dealer now hasn’t been for a poo for 34 DAYS as prison toilet strike continues

Lemarr Chambers, 24, was arrested on January 17 on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs - but hasn't had a bowel movement since

A DRUGS suspect who has broken the British record for spending the most days in custody without having a poo has been given another five days to do the deed.

Lemarr Chambers, 24, has now spent 34 days behind bars while police wait for him to excrete drugs they believe he has swallowed.

 The prisoner's cell toilet has not seen any real action for 34 days
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The prisoner's cell toilet has not seen any real action for 34 daysCredit: Alamy

He was arrested on January 17 on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and failing to stop for police - but hasn't had a bowel movement since.

Chambers appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Monday as police applied for yet another extension to keep him in custody.

It was the sixth such application that has been made, and officers were given permission to hold him in custody until Friday.

Magistrates were told that at times, Chambers has been refusing to eat but they were also given details of what he has been consuming from his cell.

Last week it was revealed that he had been eating Frosties cereal bars and, as time went on, he would eat up to eight of them a day.

However, he has since swapped his diet to one of fruit and vegetables.

It was also revealed that suspected drugs dealer Chambers had eaten fish made by his mother prior to his appearance before magistrates.

Trish Macnair, from the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology, said: "There's only so long you can hang on."

 We tried to deliver a hamper of natural laxatives on day 29 of his poo strike, but officers in Essex politely declined
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We tried to deliver a hamper of natural laxatives on day 29 of his poo strike, but officers in Essex politely declinedCredit: Ian Whittaker - The Sun

Macnair also said that there is a small risk of the bowel swelling and bursting but in a young, healthy person, you'd expect the bowel to empty itself before that happened.

She said: "I'm amazed he's held on for so long. It's only a matter of time."

On Saturday, Chambers broke the British record for spending the most days in police custody without pooing - which was previously 23 days.

Operation Raptor West, which is Essex Police's gang and urban street crime unit for Harlow, Epping Forest, Brentwood and the Thurrock districts, had been updating the public through Twitter on the situation using the hashtag #poowatch.

The s****ing forecast

#poowatch wont't go on for much longer, Sun Doctor Carol Cooper writes.

This is very very abnormal.

There are conditions where the bowel becomes very sluggish because it won't empty.

Sometimes it's drug induced, so depending on what he's swallowed that could be a factor.

Other times it's a nerve problem. In any case I can't imagine it going on much longer.

It's hard to describe on a family website, but you would expect there to be some overflow around the blockage if this continues.

Last week, they said on Twitter: "Day 21/3 weeks for our man on #poowatch still no movements/items to report, he will remain with us until Friday when we are back at court where we will be requesting a further 8 days should he not produce anything before that hearing #opraptor."

The Sun stepped in with some natural laxatives but officers in Essex politely declined.

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