Life-size Al Capone statue stolen

Mrs McCook said the statue was like "part of the family"

A life-size statue of Al Capone has been stolen from a garden in Kent.

Owner Pauline McCook, who discovered the glass fibre figure was missing from her Isle of Sheppey home on Wednesday, said it was like "part of the family".

The grandmother, who likes to decorate the statue for Christmas, only discovered the theft when she went outside with tinsel to drape over it.

Her family is offering a reward for the return of the statue, which was taken between 1 and 10 December.

Kent Police said it was "an extremely unusual item to steal".

Officers said the statue had been attached to a wrought-iron chair in the garden in Minster, near Sheerness.

The "extremely heavy" statue would have been moved by more than one person and transported in a vehicle, the force added.

The amount of reward on offer has not been specified.