Farewell to most expensive sheep

Aug 8 2009

One of the owners of Britain's most expensive sheep has paid tribute to the animal after it died at a farm in Scotland.

Tophill Joe, who broke all previous records when he was sold for £128,000 six years ago, is thought to have been badly affected by the heatwave that hit Britain earlier in the summer.

He was snapped up by a consortium of five Scottish farmers in 2003, who were impressed by his perfectly shaped head and legs, tight skin and top-quality fleece.