The daughter of a British woman who died of rabies after she was scratched by a puppy on holiday in Morocco has revealed the “horrendous” symptoms she suffered.

Yvonne Ford went months without realising she had been infected by a puppy that was underneath her sunbed in February, said her daughter Robyn Thomson, 32.

Ms Ford, 59, from Barnsley, started suffering from a “horrendous” headache and was admitted to hospital four months later.

Within days, she could not walk, talk, sleep or swallow. She started hallucinating and developed a fear of water, classic symptoms of rabies.

The grandmother of four was transferred from Barnsley to Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield where she was eventually diagnosed with rabies. She died on June 11.