North Yorkshire Police stop driver with sheep in boot Published duration 6 August 2015

image copyright North Yorkshire Police image caption The man told officers he had just been to the McDonalds drive-through

Police stopped a driver for having two bald tyres - only to find he had a sheep in the back of his car.

North Yorkshire Police Roads Policing Group stumbled across the animal after stopping the Peugeot 206 on Wednesday.

The man told officers he had just been to the McDonalds drive-through at Leeming Bar, near Catterick.

Police tweeted : "Ewe have got to be kidding!!! Officers have just stopped this car which has 2 bald tyres and a sheep in the boot."

The man was dealt with for defective tyres.