LANDLADY Sharon Hancock has got her hands full with a frisky phantom which haunts her pub.

For the cheeky ghost has got a fetish for pinching her bottom.

Sharon, 35, runs the Green Dragon pub, in Stockton, Teesside, with partner Eddie Place, 34. When she moved in three years ago, she heard tales of the pub being the home to a trio of spirits.

But Sharon did not believe the stories were true - until she had a bizarre experience in the cellar.

Changing a barrel of beer in the basement of the former 10th Century coaching inn, she felt something brush past her. She thought it was another member of staff.

But she was stunned when she turned around and no one was there.

Sharon said: "I couldn't believe what happened and I was out of the cellar in a flash.

Since then, Sharon has had two similar experiences.

And the couple's four-gear-old guard dog, Thumper, won't go near the cellar if it is in darkness.

It is believed that an old man haunts the pub, and he has been seen by sober customers, propping up the bar.