A rogue stag dubbed "Jeremy" after the new Labour leader has finally found freedom - and privacy - after 10 days locked in a park near Croydon town centre.

The large red deer was finally relocated from Park Hill recreation ground yesterday by Croydon Council, which had spent more than a week searching for a new home for him.

The stag became a minor celebrity during his stint in the town after first being spotted on train tracks near East Croydon station on September 25. 

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Visitors and TV film crews were drawn to the park to catch a glimpse of the animal, who was named by park users after socialist Jeremy Corbyn - supposedly because they are both "red". 

The stag even hit the headlines of tabloid newspapers, which branded him "sex-crazed" after he arrived in Croydon in the middle of the red deer mating season. 

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So Jeremy will be delighted to learn he shares his new home - a private estate in the home counties - with a number of doe.

He will also enjoy relative privacy: the council has been sworn to secrecy over the exact location of the estate, although it assured the Croydon Guardian this morning that it is not a hunting ground.

Jeremy was sedated and assessed by a specialist vet before being moved in a trailer after regaining consciousness yesterday morning.

Park Hill recreation ground has been shut since September 27 to protect the stag and the public, but has now reopened. 

Network Rail are understood to have opened a gate to allow the deer into the park after it was spotted on a steep bank near East Croydon station.

Councillor Timothy Godfrey, cabinet member for culture, leisure and sport, said: "While we’re always welcoming of visitors to Croydon, the unannounced arrival of our antlered guest in Park Hill was not without its challenges.

"Our parks officers, however, rose to those challenges, ensuring that the stag was properly cared for during his week’s stay, and that safe and suitable alternative accommodation was found, to which he’s been moved and, we’re told, settling in nicely.

"I’d like to thank everybody for their patience while the park was closed, but I’m sure they understood why that had to be and, like me, are glad of the happy outcome."

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