A goat has caused havoc after being denied entry to a shop in Carrickfergus.

The incident happened at a Eurospar in the Co Antrim town early on Saturday morning.

During a half-hour rampage, the animal charged towards a pensioner named Billy and jumped on cars and devoured plant pots.

Shop manager Jonathan Smyth said he initially mistook the sound of the goat head-butting the window for a bread delivery.

"I thought it was the bread man but when I turned around I just saw this massive goat standing on its two hind legs,” he said.

It seemed like it wanted to come into the shop and was looking straight at me. Jonathan Smyth

The goat was eventually stopped when a member of the public, believed to be the animal's owner, grabbed it by the horns and took it away.

Mr Smyth said: "It was an interesting morning."