A NURSE has been accused of forcing a paranoid schizophrenic to eat his own excrement.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council heard Abraham Olaniyan told the man, known as Patient A, “you will eat your crap” after he soiled himself.

But Mr Olaniyan, from Brockley, told the hearing on August 7 his colleague Enock Mhindurwa was responsible.

The incident allegedly happened when 45-year-old Olaniyan was working a night shift at the Cygnet Wing secure psychiatric unit in Blackheath on July 16, 2004.

Mr Olaniyan told the hearing: “Patient A had made a mess on the floor and I went to get some gloves to clean it up.

“I was disposing of the faeces in the staff toilet when I heard a scream.”

He claimed Patient A told him Mr Mhindurwa had put excrement in his mouth.

Mr Olaniyan said: “The patient was calm, he was not annoyed. I looked in his mouth and I could not see anything.”

He added: “I was not even there when this incident took place. I was getting the gloves.

“I did not do it. The allegations are not true.’”

Patient A, who is sectioned under the Mental Health Act, gave evidence on August 6 but said he could not remember the incident well and could not say who was responsible.

Olaniyan denies threatening to make Patient A eat his own faeces and forcing him to eat them.

He also denies his fitness to practise is impaired.

If found guilty of misconduct, he could be struck off the nursing register.

The hearing has been adjourned until October 27 after exceeding the two days it was scheduled for.