A woman has complained about antisocial behaviour in an alleyway next to her home after seeing people defecating and taking drugs in front of her children.
Beata Betty, 38, said her road, Zion Gardens in Brighton, is used “like a toilet” almost daily and she regularly sees people urinating and defecating.
She is calling on local authorities to clamp down on the behaviour after finding human faeces and drug needles in the alleyway.
Beata, who lives with her two children, 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.
“There’s drug addicts and crackheads there every day. My children play in this area and they do it in front of them.”
Beata said that she regularly sees people taking drugs in Zion Gardens, a small road which runs next to Queen's Road.
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She said the alley was also "regularly used as a toilet” by members of the public and drunk people out in the city centre.
Beata 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”.
Brighton and Hove City Council and Sussex Police were approached for comment.
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