'Dead tortoise discovered inside the VAGINA' of British woman

A British woman who went to hospital after falling ill was shocked to discover that she had a dead tortoise inside her private parts.  

Staff at the A&E department of a medical centre in the south of the island are said to have called officers in after making the bizarre discovery.  

The unnamed woman, described as an expat, had sought help after suffering pain in her genital area which doctors diagnosed as an infection caused by the reptile.  

Island newspaper El Dia claimed she told police she had begun to feel odd after going out partying with a group of British friends a couple of days earlier - but had no idea how the tortoise ended up where it did.  

The size of the reptile has not been revealed.  

Island papers - and respected Spanish dailies which have echoed the story - have named the medical centre she attended as El Mojon in the municipality of Arona in the south of the island.  

The facility, above the holiday resort of Los Cristianos, operates as a small hospital and is eventually expected to become the main southern Tenerife state hospital.  

Police sources in Tenerife confirmed the story was true and officers had been asked to speak to a British woman about the bizarre discovery.