Police launch investigation after 13 sheep are padlocked in Crick field

The sheep are happily grazing in the field in Crick, unaware that their owner has disappeared

Police have launched an investigation after 13 sheep turned up in a farmer's field.

Someone cut the lock off a field gate in Crick, near Daventry in Northamptonshire, and herded the sheep in.

They then secured the field with their own padlock and left.

Northamptonshire Police's Rural Crime Team said it happened between 1 January and 6 January, and the culprit had not been traced.

The team wants anyone with information about the un-ewe-sual case to get in touch to help them solve the mystery.

The sheep were herded into the field during the first week of January