A disgusted diner allegedly found a wriggling, 24-legged creature crawling on his plate as he tucked into his breakfast at a Greenwich Wetherspoon pub.

Steve Langley, of Thames Street, visited The Gate Clock on Monday morning (August 3) and ordered a full English to fuel up before heading to the gym.

But as the 41-year-old sliced into a hash brown, he claims the shiny sinister-looking bug, believed to be a centipede, wiggled out from beneath it.

Mr Langley, a full-time carer to his mum, snapped a photo and video of the creepy-crawlie on his plate before sending the meal back and complaining to the manager.

He told News Shopper: “I got halfway through my breakfast, I went to cut through a hash brown and then it just crawled out from underneath.

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Steve Langley claims he found a centipede in his Wetherspoon breakfast on Monday morning

“It was so long. It had lots of legs as well. It was just crawling all over the plate.

“I wasn’t too happy about it.

“It made me feel a bit sick really.

“I don’t know what I had put in my mouth before that.”

Mr Langley was offered another breakfast and a full refund after he reported it to staff at the pub, which is located next to the Cutty Sark DLR station.

Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon apologised to Mr Langley and said his complaint would be investigated immediately.

He said: "Food hygiene in our pubs is of paramount importance.

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The Gate Clock, Greenwich

“Management and staff at The Gate Clock work hard to ensure that food hygiene standards are maintained to a high level at all times.

“This is borne out by the fact that The Gate Clock has a food hygiene rating of five (out of five) on the council’s website, following an inspection from its environmental health team.

“There could be a number of explanations for the insect being on the plate and it might not necessarily have come from the kitchen itself.

“We will await the outcome of our investigations and report this to the individual concerned.”