Error code -8003 troubleshooting

Hello everyone,
I have a MacBook Pro and a Seagate external hard disk which I have been using up to now as a back up disk.
Today I tried to do a back up but I got the message that the disk did not have enough space. I tried to erase older back ups, but I threw away the latest one as well. Now I cannot remove them from the trash and I cannot erase them from the trash, because a message appears reading
"The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)."
I unlocked them, but still I cannot erase them, because the same error appears.
I turned off the back up and time machine functions, but I still cannot erase them.
Does anyone know how to overcome this?
Many thanks in advance
Christiana

Hi, chrigalan.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Here is a resource you may find helpful to troubleshoot this issue.
You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1526
Cheers,
Jason H.

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