Leopard print dressing gown gives Newtownabbey PSNI officers a chuckle

Police have moved to clarify that a leopard did not escape from Belfast Zoo after pictures of a leopard print object lying on a road were shared on social media.

Posting on Facebook this afternoon, a PSNI Newtownabbey spokesperson said: "Reports circulating on social media of a leopard escaping from Belfast Zoo are untrue, but it did give us a bit of a chuckle when we saw this post. Doing the school run in a hurry. Let’s keep the speeds down."

Pictures of the dressing gown were shared on social media.placeholder image
Pictures of the dressing gown were shared on social media.

The Times understands the original photographs were taken in England.

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