Customer sues over Frog in-a-bottle

One of the nation's leading retailers is being sued by a female customer after reports that a drowned frog was found in her wine bottle.

While celebrating with her family earlier this year, ASDA customer Isolde Beesley says the small frog fell out of her bottle of Spanish Moscatel de Valencia and into her glass.

After suffering stomach pains since that fateful day, Ms Beesley instructed her local solicitors to challenge ASDA for compensation.

"I dished it out of the glass to have a look it and it was all grey, not like the ones you get on the farm here. It must have been dead for some time in the bottle," said the Leicestershire resident.

After challenging ASDA staff about the frog's appearance, Ms Beesley was told that staff thought she was joking and refused to compensate her purchase.

The incident took place on Boxing Day 2009 and Ms Beesley has been fighting for compensation since.

"Mrs Beesley clearly had a contract with ASDA who are under a duty by virtue of the Sale of Goods Act to make sure the wine was fit to drink. Clearly, selling a bottle of wine apparently contaminated with a dead frog makes the wine unfit for consumption," said her solicitor.

ASDA has so far refuted Ms Beesley's claim, stating that it is impossible for a creature or any object to find its way into a wine bottle during production.