A 10-year-old boy sparked a huge police search involving a helicopter and almost 20 officers after he ran off because he wanted to play computer games, before he was found hiding in the garden shed of his home 12 hours later.

Shane Kelly ran away from his mother and their home in Tyseley, Birmingham, after she told him he had to go to school instead of playing computer games. 

His disappearance led to widespread panic as 17 officers were deployed to search streets and even began looking in rubbish bins to find the child. 

Messages were sent out on Twitter to try and locate the boy while members of the community also helped with the search. 

Around 17 police officers were involved and the West Midlands police helicopter - which costs about £700 an hour - was deployed.

The child was found around 12 hours later sitting in the garden shed of his home. The police operation to find him is believed to have cost £8,000.