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| An Algerian chemist has been found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of contaminating food and wine by using his own urine and faeces. | An Algerian chemist has been found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of contaminating food and wine by using his own urine and faeces. |
| Sahnoun Daifallah, 42, of Bibury Road, Gloucester, was found guilty of four counts of contaminating goods at four businesses in May 2008. | Sahnoun Daifallah, 42, of Bibury Road, Gloucester, was found guilty of four counts of contaminating goods at four businesses in May 2008. |
| Daifallah, who had defended himself, had pleaded not guilty to all charges. | Daifallah, who had defended himself, had pleaded not guilty to all charges. |
| Sentencing was adjourned to allow preparation of psychiatric reports. Daifallah is likely to be deported. | Sentencing was adjourned to allow preparation of psychiatric reports. Daifallah is likely to be deported. |
| Judge Carol Hagen said: "I find this a very worrying case and the circumstances are alarming." | Judge Carol Hagen said: "I find this a very worrying case and the circumstances are alarming." |
| She warned Daifallah that if he did not cooperate with authorities in creating pre-sentence reports, it would "reinforce my conclusion that I find you to be a potentially very dangerous man". | |
| Labelled bottles | Labelled bottles |
| The court had heard the Algerian-born chemist sprayed the mixture in the Air Balloon Pub, in Birdlip, near Cheltenham on 14 May. | The court had heard the Algerian-born chemist sprayed the mixture in the Air Balloon Pub, in Birdlip, near Cheltenham on 14 May. |
| He then moved on to the Waterstones bookstore in Cirencester where the jury heard he spread the brown liquid over the toilet in the coffee shop. | He then moved on to the Waterstones bookstore in Cirencester where the jury heard he spread the brown liquid over the toilet in the coffee shop. |
| Staff from the store noticed the smell and later discovered a 20m area of 38 shelves contaminated with the foul substance, contaminating 706 books. | Staff from the store noticed the smell and later discovered a 20m area of 38 shelves contaminated with the foul substance, contaminating 706 books. |
| The court heard Daifallah had travelled to Tesco in Quedgley on 16 May where a shopper saw him spray a jet of brown fluid over the frozen chips. | |
| He later travelled four miles to Morrisons in Abbeydale where an employee noticed an overpowering stench and Daifallah acting strangely in the wine section. | |
| The court heard shoppers and staff in both stores saw Daifallah with a black lap top computer with a vapour coming from the bag being sprayed on the shelves. | The court heard shoppers and staff in both stores saw Daifallah with a black lap top computer with a vapour coming from the bag being sprayed on the shelves. |
| The chemist also denied owning bottles of urine and faeces found in his kitchen with sachets of excrement labelled with a city - Bristol, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Worcester, Cardiff and Gloucester. | The chemist also denied owning bottles of urine and faeces found in his kitchen with sachets of excrement labelled with a city - Bristol, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Worcester, Cardiff and Gloucester. |
| The jury heard Daifallah had been questioned by police about four incidents in February 2008 after a brown liquid had been sprayed in the toilets and around the tables of four pubs in Stroud. |