How do I delete locked files that came from a PC from my time capsule?

I had to temporarly tansfer 200 gigabytes of files to my timecapsule as temorary storage so I could reformat a Lacie drive for a collegue. Once the files had been copied back on to the Lacie I went to delete them from my Time Capsule and it keeps on telling me I don't have permission even though I'm signed in as Admin. I've tried taking ownership of the main folder all the sub-folders and files are in but OSX won't let me.  I also can't use disk utility on the time capsule as it doesn't appear within the program. Anyone have any ideas?

TM creates a sparsebundle owned by TM..
When people copy files to the TC they often see a mounted directory.. and plonk files in there.. unfortunately that just happens to be TM sparsebundle.. and that is a lobster trap.. you can copy in but once a file is in.. it can never be deleted. 
Did you try a PC? It is often a case that windows explorer can delete stuff mac cannot since permissions is kind of a unix thing.. that MS has always ignored.
No luck then sorry but you need to wipe the TC .. you can of course save your TM backup (assuming you avoided putting the files in there).. and recover it back.. think of it as the same thing you did to the lacie in reverse.

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