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The acrophile sheep proved too much for chasing police officers - before being ‘rescued’ by firefighters

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Scaling the roof of a house to evade police might be the thought of a fugitive - but you might not think it would cross the mind of a sheep.

However this week, a sheep and three lambs being pursued by officers showed their guile by clambering up the tiled roof of a two-storey property in Cumbria.