Devil or Angel?

[Paulines7]

This Devil's Coach Horse was climbing up my window in the breakfast room today.  I wasn't sure what to do with it as it looked a fearsome beastie. 

Despite it having a painful bite I found out that it ate slugs so I made a den for it in my vegetable patch using some small stones.  I released it from the jam jar but it decided not to stay and flew off across the garden and out of sight. 

[Paulines7]

[angle shades]

lovely shot Pauline and your right he's a goodie ;D/ shades x

[Unwashed]

He's a scary customer alright.  Not sure he's actually a devil's coach horse beetle though because they're all black and I think their wings are shorter.  Might be a another kind of rove beetle, like the hairy rove beetle.

[angle shades]

it's a  creophilus maxillosus  ;D / shadesx

[Paulines7]

Thank you Unwashed and Shades.  Having looked at the link it was definitely the hairy rove beetle creophilus maxillosus.