A mum found a cockroach in a pair of Primark pyjamas she bought for her daughter and the insect's eggs scattered inside the packaging.
Karla Roy from Mansfield, made the horrific discovery when she opened the trousers that had been bought to celebrate Ruby's second birthday on Christmas Eve.
The 23-year-old care worker said the pyjamas were made in India so it must have crawled into the packaging there, Mansfield Chad reports.
She said: "When I ripped it open for her so she could open them I could see something was stressing her.
"I took the pyjamas out of the packaging as I usually wash new clothes before she wears them, but then it fell out and I nearly screamed the house down.
"It’s not what you expect to see in there and to be honest it’s disgusting. It wasn’t just the cockroach but the eggs, and they were everywhere.
"The packaging says it’s made in India so it must have come from there, because as far as I'm aware we don’t have them here.
"I’ve also put this all over my Facebook to warn other people about it, just in case they’ve bought similar pyjamas from Primark."
Karla says she’s been in contact with Primark about a refund but that they have offered no apologies for the cockroach.
“I lost the receipt for the pyjamas but I emailed Primark going mad about it, and they emailed back to say that they will send me a prepaid packaging slip to me so I can send it back and take a look into it”, she said.
“They literally emailed me just for me to send it back. What if Ruby had seen it and I hadn't, it could have been so much worse. And I don’t even understand how it got in there.”
Luckily with Ruby's birthday falling so close to Christmas Day she was given other pyjamas as festive gifts.
A spokesman for Primark said: “We take the quality of our products very seriously and have rigorous quality control procedures in place.
“We are in touch with the customer and have requested further information so we can fully investigate the complaint.”
