Corrupt file in trash

I've got a corrupt file in the Trash that I can't get rid of.
In the "Name" field it starts with an icon resembling a document with the top right corner folded back.
The 2nd, 3rd & 4th characters look like Unicode 22E1, except there are 4 dots.
The fifth character looks like Unicode 00F6.
The 6th and 7th characters are identical to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
Next comes a dot (period) a space and two more Unicode 22E1 characters.
The "Date Modified" field is 31-DEC-03 at 4:00 pm with the "Size" field at zero KB and the "Kind" is an Alias.
I've tried the Terminal command "sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash"
to no avail.
I can empty the trash, hear the crumpled paper, look in the Trash and the file is still there.
Move it out onto the desktop and it disappears.
Close the Trash, open the Trash again and lo and behold it's back!!!
Any suggestions???
THanks in advance

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The iBook would have come with the first version of OS X (likely OS X 10.0.3) installed on it. Using Norton DiskDoctor on any hard drive that has an OS X volume on it can actually cause hard drive corruption. DiskDoctor also reports the OS X files as "errors," so any "errors" it reports are not to be believed (although, as I said, using it can actually create corruption).
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pschmidt63 wrote:
I have a strange file in trash and it will not empty.
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