Couple who ran eco-resort in Sweden accused of abandoning it and leaving 158 barrels of human faeces behind | EUROtoday

A Danish couple who based a well-liked eco-resort within the Swedish woods are accused of abandoning the positioning and abandoning greater than 150 barrels behind full of human waste.

Flemming Hansen and Mette Helbæk established Stedsans within the south of Sweden, a web site that boasted greater than a dozen wooden cabins and an natural restaurant, reportedly attracting the rich and influencers.

But a joint investigation in Swedish media accuses the pair of vanishing with out informing employees or organising care for his or her remaining animals a number of months in the past.

The pair, reportedly now in Guatemala, have hit again and claimed there was a “witch hunt” after an investigation from newspapers Today’s News and Politics. The couple declare they’ve obtained demise threats and have been referred to as “horrific things” because the article was printed.

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“It feels like a witch hunt. I’m extremely scared and don’t know what to do. I have so much more to share and explain, but right now I’m just in shock,” they posted on social media.

In a separate put up, they acknowledged they’d made some errors however defended their dealing with of their animals and sewerage, including: “We have not left any animals to die – We had a good system to deal with fecal resources”.

“We are super sorry for the loss and inconvenience our bankruptcy has caused.

“We have disappointed many. Even angered some. And for that we are deeply, truly sorry. But we can say from the bottom of our hearts that we have done all we could,” they wrote in a farewell put up on their weblog. “Right from the beginning Stedsans never really had a chance.”

A former staffer named Malin informed native media the couple’s automobile had gone and their home burned down.

She stated she had taken in surviving chickens and geese from the resort, however that many had died earlier than that.

Another former staffer, Lars Delling, stated that behind the facade of wood eco-friendly cupboards melding with the forest was a darker aspect to the lodge, with sewerage and gray water pumped straight into the forest.

He confirmed the newspaper the sewerage system used on the resort: “Voila. Over 150 barrels filled with human s***”, he stated.

The investigation stated Stedsans was declared bankrupt in March with the couple allegedly abandoning money owed of about 6 million kroner (£500,000).

“From now on, what happens to assets and debts is out of our hands. All the hand-selected items we have gathered over the years to give Stedsans soul, the buildings we drew and had made in local timber, are no longer ours,” the couple wrote in a weblog put up in January.

As of final week, the couple have been getting ready to launch their new enterprise: a resort referred to as Hotel San Pedro La Laguna in Guatemala, which they stated would open in May.

“We are shaken, but still standing. Still here to contribute to a softer world, still here to cook delicious food, still trusting our work is not in vain although it has been brutally hard lately to try and forge a new path,” they wrote on Instagram.