Sunderland police seek sheep rustler leaving lambs in suburban gardens

Northumbria force and RSPCA baffled as to the motive behind three incidents in the last two weeks

Police in Sunderland are looking for a person who has been stealing new-born lambs and leaving them in suburban gardens.

Residents have emerged from their homes three times in the last fortnight to find a lamb abandoned on their lawn after being taken from its mother in the night.