Stratford couple say rat character is like Sherlock Holmes

A SUCCESSFUL crowdfunding campaign which has raised £325,000 will help with a plan to make Posh Rat a household name.

The children’s character and detective was created by a Stratford couple who appeared on BBC One’s Dragons’ Den earlier this year.

Charlene Mitchell-Hood and her husband Simon Hood were inspired to launch their own business after creating characters and bedtime stories for their daughter, Goldie, now aged four.