A Polish driver is facing a prison sentence after a 'dead' deer he left on the back seat of his car regained consciousness.

Dariusz Kaminski, 25, told police he'd picked up the deer from a grass verge on his way to work in his tiny Fiat 126 .

He thought it had been killed crossing the road in Lublin, eastern Poland, but it was just stunned.

The deer later came to in the parked car after Mr Kaminski had gone to work. Passers-by called the police after the deer stood on the car horn.

Mr Kaminski has been charged with animal cruelty, and also illegal possession of a wild animal which carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment.

The deer has been taken to a sanctuary.