Not everyone saw the advert's funny side

A man who offered his five-year-old son for sale on the internet has withdrawn the advertisement after a worried woman complained to police.

Alex Wilson's joke message was not appreciated by one Canadian surfer who spotted the advert recently.

Two years ago Mr Wilson posted the advert which read: "Hyperactive kid for sale, good at vacuuming, not great at washing dishes ... guaranteed to annoy.

"�5 or nearest offer".

But a concerned woman in Canada contacted Strathclyde Police to ask if it was legal to sell children in Scotland.

A spokeswoman for the force has confirmed an officer phoned the man.

But the officer was convinced there was "no malicious intent".

Mr Wilson, from Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, said that by the end of the conversation the officer was quite jokey but insistent the advertisement would have to be deleted.