Problem emptying Trash despite following every tip and trick I could find..

Hi there,
I have a small number of very large folders I can't delete from my Macbook, which I believe is caused by a problem with the external disk I originally copied them from.
I had a problem with a disk because a colleague didn't eject it properly. I've never know this to cause a major problem before, but in this case a large number of files have been replaced by odd characters along the lines of "USBC[NULL][NULL]".
I've tried deleting the various files and folders from the hard disk, but now I'm stuck with them permanently in my Trash folder. I also have a massive iPhoto backup that I can't delete that was on the same disk.
The message I receive is the "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items".
I've tried following the different steps on this page: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html
On that page I've tried the two shareware utilities listed, I've tried using the Option command when emptying the trash, and I've tried using the Terminal approach (which didn't do any of the things it was supposed to).
Any help or advice would be appreciated. I'm a novice when it comes to OS X...

Re-connect (remount) the external hard drive, then try emptying the trash again.

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