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Kris Gourlay

Edinburgh residents 'disgusted' as Beyoncé revellers use front gardens as a toilet

An Edinburgh resident has spoke of her "disgust" after a woman opened her front gate and used her garden as a toilet before the Beyoncé gig at Murrayfield on Saturday night.

Despite much excitement surrounding the highly anticipated sell-out show at Murrayfield, residents close-by took to social media to report their gardens being used as toilets by fans.

One resident, who lives just a short walk from the stadium, couldn't believe what she was seeing when a middle-aged woman let herself into her front garden and relieved herself next to the owner's front window.

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After going out to confront the woman, the owner was reportedly shouted at and did not even receive an apology as they 'barricaded' their gate to prevent any further incidents for the remainder of the evening.

After venting her fury on social media, she realised she was not alone and other residents had witnessed similar incidents throughout the evening.

Speaking anonymously to Edinburgh Live, the 'disgusted' resident said: "It must have been around 6.30pm. I closed my gate as that sort of thing is known to happen in the area and when I looked out my living room window that lady was there.

"I thought 'are you joking?' I went round to the front door and asked said 'sorry what are you doing?'

"She didn't even apologise and just ignored us. I said can you get out the garden but she just stood and kept peeing. I was actually disgusted.

Fans broke into song while they were leaving the gig at Murrayfield on Saturday. (Supplied)

"I said to her there are bars, shops and restaurants all nearby that she could have gone to and she just started giving us abuse and shouting at us.

"You would wait in a queue for toilets at any sort of event of festival so why not do it here?"

60,000 fans made the trip to the global superstar's latest leg of her renaissance tour, with multiple highlight moments taking place throughout the show including Queen Bey singing happy birthday to one lucky fan and even forgetting the lyrics to her own song at one point.

However, the frustrated local said she is 'dreading' the next big show at the stadium and said she had to sleep with one eye open to make sure others did not follow suit and use her garden as a public toilet.

She continued: "It is scary at the end of the day, just having someone let themselves into your garden. Imagine it was an old person or someone who is vulnerable.

"I actually heard a noise after the concert and lots of shouting. We looked out of the window and there was a guy standing right opposite my window shouting to neighbours upstairs.

"What happened was two girls were peeing in the main doorway to the flat beside me and the neighbour upstairs had obviously caught them and shouted down to tell them not to do it and the guys outside were trying to get him out for a fight.

"The woman in our garden did appear to be drunk but looked like she was in her late 50s so you would think she knows better."

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