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A woman from Horley has described the evening she spent attempting to catch a llama on the run from police in Reigate .

The llama, called Brad Pitt, was thought to have escaped from his field in Lonesome Lane at around 3pm on Saturday (May 7) and was not caught until 11.30pm.

Alex Gache, who owns the Lomond Equestrian Centre in Horse Hill, went out with two friends to try to catch the south American pack animal after a friend called and said to her: "Help, I've got a llama in my garden, what do I do?"

Ms Gache said: "The first I knew about it, the police stopped in at my equestrian centre at 6pm to ask if it was mine.

"I do own llamas but I said 'No, all mine are here' and they said they had managed to corner it in a field along the A217.

"They left but at about 8pm a friend of mine phoned and said 'Help, I have a llama in my garden, what do I do?'.

"Obviously it had got out of the field the police had put it in so I said, 'Can you secure it in, I will bring my lorry to get it'."

With two others, Ms Gache went to her friend's address but Brad Pitt's day on the run was not over yet.

(Image: Jack Read)

"As we parked the lorry up, the llama popped over a hedge and disappeared again.

"For the next couple of hours it became our elusive llama running anywhere and everywhere.

"It was running near to and in the road at the A217, so I called the police and said they had better get someone down to deal with traffic."

At 10pm, Brad was finally spotted walking on the other side of metal fencing surrounding a housing development off the A217.

Using the fencing, the group spent another hour containing and finally capturing the escapee.

"We got him in by 11.30pm, he just seemed quite terrified of people," Ms Gache said.

"We have phoned the owner, who is on holiday, and they apologised. I will keep him at my stables for now.

"The owner said he is called Brad Pitt and lives in a field with his two girlfriends, Thelma and Louise."

(Image: Jack Read)

Jack Read caught the llama on camera wandering through Woodhatch at around 3.30pm and many others saw Brad throughout the day too.

Commenting on Facebook, Beverley Higgins said: "We saw it galloping down the road, it was the highlight of our four-year-old's day.

"The police asked us five minutes later if we had seen one."

Kayleigh Hammond also saw Brad Pitt - the llama - in Reigate and said: "Was quite shocked to see it was a llama and not a horse.

"It stopped in Woodhatch and chilled on the green for a bit."

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