LOCAL charity boss Lee Turner received a shock from his girlfriend on Tuesday when she surprised him with a Leap Year proposal.

Dr Sarah Mitchell from Plymstock made more than a house call when she visited Lee at his home in St Dominick early Tuesday evening and asked if he knew what the date was.

Sarah said was obviously thinking of his work and his financial year end for the charity Youthwize.

'He kept on talking about financial year ends and budgets until eventually the penny dropped and he lept to his feet in surprise. He accepted straight away,' she said.

Lee,West Devon Youth Project chief executive, said: 'I have never been so surprised in all my life. It was a beautiful and romantic thing for Sarah to have done and I am really pleased that we shall be building a future together.'