Life on UK’s 'worst' street strewn with needles and used as loo in front of kids

04 September 2023 , 13:54

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A man is pictured seemingly urinating in Zion Gardens (Image: Beata Betty)

A woman has been left furious after her children witnessed people urinating, defecating and taking drugs in an alley near her home.

Beata Betty, 38, said the graffiti-covered road, Zion Gardens, in seaside town Brighton, is used “like a toilet” almost daily and she regularly sees people urinating and defecating.

Beata, who lives with her two children, has called on local authorities to clamp down on the behaviour after finding human faeces and drug needles in the alleyway. She said: “It’s a complete nightmare, I think it’s the worst alleyway in Brighton. My children see this every day, it’s happening all the time. The alleyway is like a toilet."

Beata said that she regularly sees people taking drugs in Zion Gardens, a small road which runs next to Queen's Road and added: “There’s drug addicts and crackheads there every day.

"My children play in this area and they do it in front of them.” She said the alley was also "regularly used as a toilet” by members of the public and drunk people out in the city centre."

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There have been complaints about Zion Gardens, an alleyway in Brighton which is frequented by drug users and 'used as a toilet' (Beata Betty)

Now, Beata has called on the council and the police to take action over the behaviour in Zion Gardens and to rid the street of nuisance drug users and graffiti. She said plans were already in place to clean the graffiti in the alley but that this was “not enough”, according to The Argus. https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23762474.brighton-women-says-alleyway-is-used-like-toilet/

A mother has complained about Zion Gardens, in Brighton (Google)

Other alleyways in Brighton have also faced issues with antisocial behaviour, including defecation and drug use. Brighton and Hove City Council and Sussex Police have been approached for comment.

The complaint comes after the Council began a public consultation to gauge how well antisocial behaviour in public spaces has been dealt with. This includes groups of people harassing others or people taking drugs in public areas.

Paul Donald