A drugs suspect who has refused to use the toilet for 37 days is at “risk of death”, his lawyer has said.
Lamarr Chambers, 24, from Brixton is believed to have swallowed drugs during a police chase in Harlow, Essex, on January 17.
He has still been eating and drinking and has refused laxatives in custody where he has been held since his arrest, Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard.
According to the BBC, his lawyer Andrew Horsall said: “There’s the potential of something going seriously wrong. We’re in an arena of risk of death.”
Mr Chamber’s lawyer was in court as Essex Police applied for another custody extension on Friday.
But prosecutor Bob Rowlingson said Chambers was “in charge of his fate”. The court ruled that Chambers’ life was not in danger and he was remanded back into custody.
The previous record for a person to avoid emptying their bowels in police custody is thought to be 33 days.
