A pet pig, weighing 30-stone, attacked a woman in her home after escaping from its pen.

Marie Yates, 61, feared she was going to die after she was gored by the pig in her back garden.

She initially tried to shoo the beast away with a broom after it smashed through her fence with an "almighty crash" and began to destroy her front lawn and eat her pot plants.

The pig, known as Hammy, snapped the broom like a match stick and charged at Marie causing her serious injuries to her left shin and right thigh with its tusks.

The former bank manager, who spent four days in hospital after Wednesday morning's attack, only managed to escape by crawling around the side of her car so the pig could not reach her.