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Doctor Says Man Suspected Of Swallowing Drugs And Refusing To Poo Is In Danger

Doctor Says Man Suspected Of Swallowing Drugs And Refusing To Poo Is In Danger

The 24-year-old has been in custody for a whopping 39 days after being arrested on suspicion of swallowing Class A drugs

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

He's the man that has baffled both police and the public by refusing to go to the bathroom while in custody.

Lamarr Chambers was arrested last month by cops attached to Operation Raptor West in Essex after failing to stop his car, but he insisted he was swallowing fried chicken and definitely not a cache of Class A drugs.

But the police didn't see it that way and he was taken into custody, with authorities hoping it was just a matter of time before he went to the bathroom and deposited the suspected narcotics.

Well, a whopping 39 days later, the 24-year-old still hasn't had a poo.

That's broken the previous record for 'preventing the evacuation of the bowels', as the BBC puts it, which was believed to be 33 days. Incredibly, police have been to court SIX times to request an extension of Chambers' custody.

The drug suspect has been charged with four offences including possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin. As everyone plays a particularly gross version of the waiting game, there are health concerns that arise in rare circumstances like this.

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Consultant gastroenterologist Anton Emmanuel, from the British Society of Gastroenterology, tells LADbible: "Your brain is a very powerful organ and one is able to withhold the urge to empty, if you try hard enough.

"What happens is basically clenching your pelvic floor at the tail end and that causes retrograde, i.e. backward compression in your lower bowel and the longer something stays in your body, the smaller and drier it becomes."

It's understood Chambers is eating just enough food to keep himself alive, but not enough to cause him to go to the bathroom. But, naturally, there will be small pellets of poo building up in his body, which are slowly becoming brittle and hard.

"These very hard stools could start banging against the bag or whatever its in and cause it to tear," Anton tells us. "Whilst your bowel isn't very permeable, it could absorb some of those things.

"So there is a danger that, depending on what he's swallowed, it could go into his bloodstream."

That's the biggest medical concern: that his Class A drugs end up in his system, which could wreak havoc on his body and even cause an overdose. There are also fears that his poo could get so hard that it could perforate his bowel and cause an almighty internal haemorrhage.

Dr Emmanuel says: "I don't know how he thinks this will end, it has to come out eventually.

"What comes out will be very hard, woody, like bits of gravel so it will be painful."

That's a rough scenario that no one wants to picture.

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Chambers' defence lawyer Andrew Horsell said his client is genuinely trying to go to the bathroom and claimed his human rights are being abused by this ongoing stay in custody.

Due to the ongoing case, the 24-year-old's diet has been revealed, with Essex Live reporting Chambers was surviving on Frosties cereal bars, eating up to eight a day, but he's allegedly switched to fruit and vegetables.

Chambers' case went before the courts on Friday, where his defence Andrew Horsall QC said: "I find myself in unchartered territory. This man is being held in a police cell which is not designed for long-term stays.

"The longer it goes on, the more risk there is of serious harm to his physical wellbeing. He doesn't want to be resuscitated in the event of something going wrong, there is a potential for something very serious to happen.

"We have a situation here, being by his choice but this is not the issue here, his life is at risk because of the choices he has made. It doesn't alter the fact that his life is at risk."

Sources: BBC, Essex Live, Mirror

Featured Image Credit: Creative Commons

Topics: Police, UK News, crime, Drugs, Weird