A TWICE stolen statue from Thame Memorial Gardens has been returned to its rightful place after a resident found it in a shop in London.
The Pierce Memorial statue was erected on Friday, April 15, in time for the visit of French residents of Thame's twin town Montesson.
The bronze statue of a small boy standing on a turtle and holding a big fish was the centrepiece of the fountain in the gardens until it was stolen three years ago. It was the second time it had been stolen.
Rhyddian Edwards, operations manager at Thame town council, said: "A resident who regularly travels to London saw it in a shop window. The police were called and the statue was returned."
The statue has been back in Thame for around three years.
Mr Edwards said: "We had to keep it secure until the police had finished with it."
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