POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident in which a severed deer’s head was left at the check-out at a Tesco supermarket.

A man entered the store on Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden, at about 1.15am on June 4 before leaving the deer’s head at one of the self-service check-outs.

The check-out surfaces had to be professionally cleaned at a cost of £300, and police are treating the incident as criminal damage.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at Saffron Walden on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.