The mysterious case of Ewe-dini

A sheep has been nicknamed Ewe-dini after escaping from a pen and evading capture by six police officers, four supermarket staff, two factory workers and a security guard.

In scenes reminiscent of Keystone Cop movie chases, the sheep led the chase for two hours as it ran four miles through the streets of Brighton with its posse following behind.

Motorists had to pull over to avoid hitting the animal before it ran into a garden and was cornered and taken back to its farm.



PC Katie Fairweather, 24, said: "We were all a bit breathless at the end, including the sheep.

"I couldn't believe how fast it was. We kept running after it, losing it, getting into our patrol car, spotting it again, getting out and chasing it again and so on."

The local newspaper, The Argus, reports the story with a lot more amusing detail.