Wastebin: 'Could not delete file...'

[ronniet]

I seen to have several files that are 'stuck' in my Kubuntu 11.04 (KDE4.6.2) wastebin.

Whenever I try to empty the wastebin I get the message:
'Could not delete file /home/ronnie/.local/share/Trash/files/<filename>'

I think it's because one/more of the files has unusual characters in the filename.

Is there a way to manually empty the wastebin?

I've tried Shift+Del and also forcing KDE to delete files after seven days. Two weeks later and the files are still in the wastebin.

Any ideas?

[ambdeep]

try running:

sudo rm *path to file*

[ronniet]

try running:

sudo rm *path to file*

... almost!

sudo rm -r <directory>

did it.

Thanks for the nudge in the right direction though!