A Russian man drowned in his own faeces after falling into a decaying cesspit and being left there for 12 hours.Andrey Golubov, 36, was using the communal toilet outside an apartment block in Murmansk in north-west Russia, when the wood-cover gave way.
Mr Golubov’s friend Konstantin Polyakov, 30, has defended his actions, saying he did not know the number to emergency services.
Mr Polyakov said he visited the communal cesspit around 3am, and saw Mr Golubov inside the pit.
The next day when other friends turned up and Mr Polyakov told them what had happened, they raised the alarm, but by then it was too late.
Neighbour Yuri Blokhin, 60, who also shares the cesspit, said: ‘He was on his back with his eyes wide open.
A police spokesman said:
‘The man spent over 12 hours in the toilet, lost his strength to stay afloat and drowned.We are treating this as an accident.’.