A decapitated deer has been found close to where police are investigating reports that a lion was spotted in Cornwall.

Devon and Cornwall Police have been carrying out a search for a female lion after a trucker claimed that one jumped out in front of his vehicle.

Officers who went to look for the animal even found giant paw prints where the big cat is believed to have crossed the road.

The creature was spotted near a clay pit between Nanpean and Whitemoor in St Austell, Cornwall.