AN 80-year-old pet tortoise has been stolen from a garden in Stroud.

Roadrunner the tortoise has been with its owner for more than 40 years.

The female tortoise was kept in a secure run in the garden of a house in Folly Lane, Stroud.

The pen has high fencing and Roadrunner's bedding had been pulled out.

Her owner says she weighs more than 4lbs and has claws that are beginning to turn slightly sideways due to age.

Anyone with any information as to the tortoise's whereabouts should call 101 quoting incident number 339 of 13 May 2015.