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Man filled manager's water bottle from the toilet

3:11pm Thursday 19th January 2012 in Health

Man filled bosses' water bottle from the toilet Man filled bosses' water bottle from the toilet

A HAMPSHIRE designer who filled his manager's water bottle up with water from the toilet after she criticised his work has escaped a jail sentence.

Waterlooville man, Jonathan Oliver, 40, of Haslar Crescent, pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court to administering a poison or a noxious substance with intent.

CPS prosecutor Dan Sawyer said that the court heard that Oliver, who creates designs for gravestones, had snapped when his boss Annabelle Ryan had criticised his work at Town and Country Memorials in Wickham.

He then filled her sports-style drinking bottle up with water from the toilet.

Mr Sawyer said: ''She swallowed the liquid and realised something was wrong. She could smell a chemical which a colleague described as turps.

''She threw away the water but police examined the bottle and traced the chemical to Mr Oliver.''

The chemical found on the bottle turned out to be a substance called Magic Dark which Oliver used for his work and was in his cup which he had used to fill the bottle.

The court heard that if she had drunk more of the liquid she could have become seriously ill.

Oliver, who had been suffering from depression, no longer works the firm where the incident happened, the court was told.

Adrian Fleming, defending, said that Oliver had reacted to difficulties at work in ''an entirely inappropriate fashion''.

He was sentenced on January 12 to four months in prison suspended for a year and ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work, pay £250 in compensation to Mrs Ryan and £425 in court costs.

Comments(21)

Brite Spark says...
3:38pm Thu 19 Jan 12

I take it that she didn't get her holiday in lieu?

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Brite Spark says...
3:40pm Thu 19 Jan 12

Initially, Police said that they had nothing to go on, but would be looking into it.

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Big Mac says...
3:41pm Thu 19 Jan 12

Is he safe to carry out his community work? And let's hope it doesn't involve anything consumable!

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bigfella says...
3:42pm Thu 19 Jan 12

Oh so THATS what a toilet looks like. Thank heavens the Echo posted up a picture, I'd be struggling to understand the story without it...

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forestlady says...
3:49pm Thu 19 Jan 12

I expect she will take a break soon. Looe is nice this time of year. And convenient.

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incidentofficer says...
4:16pm Thu 19 Jan 12

The gy was from WaterLOOville??! Grief.

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Linesman says...
4:20pm Thu 19 Jan 12

bigfella wrote:
Oh so THATS what a toilet looks like. Thank heavens the Echo posted up a picture, I'd be struggling to understand the story without it...
Yes! The Echo 'lifted the lid' on that story.

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Linesman says...
4:22pm Thu 19 Jan 12

Linesman wrote:
bigfella wrote:
Oh so THATS what a toilet looks like. Thank heavens the Echo posted up a picture, I'd be struggling to understand the story without it...
Yes! The Echo 'lifted the lid' on that story.
Sorry to send it twice. Must be a problem with my 'bog standard' keyboard. No wonder I get Pee'd off.

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elvisimo says...
4:27pm Thu 19 Jan 12

you should hear what he put in his bosses sandwiches...

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Brite Spark says...
4:57pm Thu 19 Jan 12

Details to be found in the police Log Book.

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WECOMING4U says...
5:03pm Thu 19 Jan 12

The Toilet humour from some of you is in bad taste.

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Over the Edge says...
5:16pm Thu 19 Jan 12

All this toilet humour is not very funny, in fact it's cr@p

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RadicalEmu says...
6:27pm Thu 19 Jan 12

Maybe the echo should flush these comments.

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windyboy says...
7:12pm Thu 19 Jan 12

bigfella wrote:
Oh so THATS what a toilet looks like. Thank heavens the Echo posted up a picture, I'd be struggling to understand the story without it...
Yes thanks to the echo we now have something to go on...

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Georgem says...
8:49pm Thu 19 Jan 12

bigfella wrote:
Oh so THATS what a toilet looks like. Thank heavens the Echo posted up a picture, I'd be struggling to understand the story without it...
I half-expected the caption "A toilet, yesterday"

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Buntylicious says...
9:51pm Thu 19 Jan 12

Good news, job going vacant, apply now for a flush of success! Just make sure you put the seat down afterwards....

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Izeze says...
10:09pm Thu 19 Jan 12

Should've flushed first

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TEBOURBA says...
3:29am Fri 20 Jan 12

As it was toilet water she could have dabbed it behind her ears!

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forestlady says...
7:29am Fri 20 Jan 12

Enough with the toilet jokes. This is a grave situation.

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ontheterrace says...
10:17pm Fri 20 Jan 12

Yes but you have to admit he was taking the p**s

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BikerNick says...
7:22pm Sat 21 Jan 12

Should have filled her own bottle, cos remember, "Cistern's are doing it for themselves"

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