A stolen car found at the bottom of a muddy pond in France is being reunited with its owner - 38 years after the theft.

The Peugeot 104 is in surprisingly good condition except that it was teeming with crayfish when it was hauled out of its watery grave.

Police in Châlons-en-Champagne, 100 miles east of Paris, were alerted on Monday after the car became visible because a drought caused the water level to fall.

Police divers were sent in to check that there was no corpse in the vehicle before it was recovered.