Runaway tortoise found three miles away from home a month later

By Adam Dutton

A missing tortoise which escaped from its garden one month ago has been found THREE miles away - after going on the run at 0.0041mph.

Matilda, a 10-year-old Hermann's tortoise, managed to scale a courgette plant to pull off her daring escape and slow getaway in early July.

She then managed to negotiate several neighbors' fences, dodge cars while crossing a road as well as a stream in the Leicestershire countryside.

Owner Sallyanne Brooksbank, 55, said she'd given up hope of seeing Matilda again after a month without any sightings.

But the tiny runaway reptile, which is barely the size of a saucer, was discovered in a field by walkers last week and handed into a local shop.

Mom-of-three Sallyanne then spotted her missing tortoise on Facebook when the shopkeeper post