11:39am UK, Tuesday October 07, 2003

An unwelcome guest has moved in with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.

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The rat is as big as the Osbourne's dog Mini

The couple have spotted a giant rat in their home in Beverly Hills.

The rodent appears to have moved in with the couple, children Aimee, Kelly and Jack, and their pet dogs.

Sharon said: "We've got cameras outside and one of the cameras was being bumped.

"It was moving and I'm looking at the screen and I'm like 'what is that?' It was a great big rat and it was bumping the camera.

"So I got Jack to come out with his paintball gun to try to get the rat - but it didn't work."

Sharon added: "We left the cameras on recording all night and when I left this morning they're just watching this big rat.

"It's as big as out pet dog Mini. It's moved in with us. It was on film all night, walking up and down the garden and in a chair. I can't believe it."