diamond worth £12,000 which was shot into space more than four months ago has eventually been found under a hedge...by a man out walking his dogs.
The diamond was hand-picked for its ‘brilliance and sparkle’ and is a ‘modified cushion brilliant cut’, similar to the engagement rings of Kim Kardashian and Jessica Biel.
Allan Bell, 75, was out walking his two dogs, springer spaniel Rosie and Dylan, a Saluki cross, along a country path in the village of Brattleby, Lincs, when Rosie ‘got scent of something’ and shot under a hedge.
Mr Bell, a retired lorry driver, said Rosie was ‘scrabbling about’ for 10 minutes before dragging a package - attached to a limp orange parachute - out of the hedgerow on December 23.