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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Beth Kirkbride

Woman, 29, barred from Greggs toilet ‘until she showed catheter bag’

Evan Francis before she was diagnosed with Fowler's Syndrome - (Collect/PA Real Life)

A 29-year-old woman who lives with a rare condition, which means she cannot urinate, claims she was denied access to the disabled toilet in Greggs until she showed staff her catheter bag.

In July 2024, Evan Francis, a freelance communications professional from Kent, was diagnosed with Fowler’s Syndrome - a urethral sphincter condition that affects as few as two in a million women per year.

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