ITV apologises for rat killing

ITV issued an apology yesterday after a rat was allegedly killed and cooked during I’m A Celebrity... and said it would tighten its procedures.

Charges are being brought against series winner Gino D’Acampo and fellow contestant Stuart Manning after the rat was apparently butchered to add to a meal.

ITV said it was an “oversight” that the production team did not check whether the killing of a rat was lawful.