Dutch national charged with causing public nuisance

A 38-year-old Dutch national, Kamiel Van Roussen was on Monday remanded in police custody by the Madina Community Tribunal for defecating into buckets used to fetch drinking water by his Ghanaian workers.

Roussen who is a Supervisor of Nicostan Duvan Construction Company building a hotel at Nungua had for some time prevented Ghanaian workers from using the tap saying they wasted water. Instead, he fetched water for them in buckets in which he defecated.

He pleaded not guilty to causing public nuisance when he appeared at the tribunal presided over by Mrs Ivy Heward-Mills. He is to reappear on December 17.

Briefing the Ghana News Agency, Dr Kofi Kesse Manfo, Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, said the workers had suspected Roussen who had on a number of occasions threatened to poison their source of drinking water.

He was, however, caught in the act last Thursday when one of the workers saw him defecating into one of the buckets they had been using for their drinking water.

Dr Manfo said after defecating he rinsed the bucket and fetched water with it and brought it to the workers.

The workers raised the alarm and the case was reported to the Nungua police who arrested the suspect.

The police also saw traces of human faeces on the bucket retrieved from the accused.

Roussen admitted the offence at the police station but at the court stated that he did it because he had a running stomach.