7ft python turns up at neighbours

A 7ft python has been found wrapped around a neighbour's curtain pole after it went missing from home.

Sid, a jungle carpet python, escaped from owner Dean Seddon's tank in Mountbatten Road, Great Malvern, Worcs.

The snake was missing for nearly a week before being found in the middle of the night in his neighbour's front room.

Dean's sister, Carly, said: "We had a knock on the door at 4.30am from a neighbour who said it was round their curtain pole. They were quite scared."

Ms Seddon, 20, said her mother Kim went to the neighbour's home to collect the python, which is described as not being a danger to the public.

She said: "I'm not sure how it escaped. I think my brother left the tank a little bit open but he would never admit that.

"He has bought a new lock for the tank now."