A mystery car vandal being hunted by police has finally been collared - and revealed to be a dog.

Residents were upset that car tyres had been repeatedly punctured over six months so set up CCTV in the village of Brampton, Cumbria.

The culprit caught on camera was not a feral youth but a border collie called Jess. The dog had been sinking her teeth into tyres while on a daily walk with her owner, leaving slow punctures and flat tyres in her wake.

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