Lee Weavers, 60, from Coprolite Street, Ipswich, denies possessing an offensive weapon and assault.

BBC: Lee Weavers at Ipswich Crown Court

Earlier tests had shown that the coprolite was deposited around the time of the Cowboy Wash catastrophe and that it contained very little plant material.

ECONOMIST: Anthropophagy

How unusual Dr Marlar discovered when he applied his biochemical assay to the coprolite and found traces of human myoglobin, which were not detected in prehistoric coprolites from other sites or in modern faecal samples.

ECONOMIST: Anthropophagy