
The peacock gave its owner Dave Courtney the slip for months
(Picture: Dave Courtney)A former gangster has hailed his neighbours for finally catching his fly-a-way peacock that had given him the slip for three months running free in a south London neighbourhood.
The bird, locally branded “The Plumstead Peacock”, was lured into a neighbour’s pool room with a trail of grapes after giving its owner Dave Courtney the slip for months.