Man, 70, in hospital after using ‘disgusting’ Stoke-on-Trent council toilets

Man, 70, in hospital after using ‘disgusting’ Stoke-on-Trent council toiletsPhilip Johnson, 70, was visiting Central Forest Park in Stoke with his family when he says a public toilet 'collapsed' on him - he believes a child could have been 'killed'CommentsNewsThomas Cooper and Tim Hanlon News Reporter08:34, 13 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesPhilip Johnson says he was injured after going to a public toilet(Image: Stoke Sentinel)A dad went to hospital in "serious pain" after using a council toilet in Stoke, which he claims was in a "disgusting condition".‌Philip Johnson, 70, had been enjoying an Easter Monday day out with his wife and their three young children - aged 12, nine and five - when he went to the toilet in Central Forest Park.‌But after entering a cubicle, he told how it "collapsed". He was left with an injured back and claimed a child could have been "killed". Philip, of Festival Park, said how he was with his family at the park when the incident unfolded as he went to use the gents.‌View 3 ImagesThe 'collapsed' toilet cubicle(Image: Stoke Sentinel)READ MORE: Oil prices soar as US Navy to blockade Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz todayREAD MORE: Trump hits out at Pope Leo in extraordinary attack calling him 'weak' and 'terrible'"I walked in and saw a cubicle with an open door. I rushed in and closed the door behind me. But, to my surprise, the door wasn't even attached to anything. It flung back onto me," he told StokeonTrentLive."It was a very heavy door. Luckily, it didn't hit me on the head. But I injured my back trying to protect myself from it. It bounced off me and hit the wall dividing the two cubicles. The entire cubicle next to me collapsed in on itself. Thank goodness nobody was in there.‌"I was stuck there for a quite a while. My wife was wondering where I was. I had to climb around the door to get free. Two young men came in and couldn...