TWO years ago, my son won a garden gnome at the Dunbar Primary School Fair.

In order to win the garden gnome, you had to guess the name.

So my son guessed the name Tommy, after his grandad who died of cancer in 2015.

Imagine our delight when the school phoned us to say we had guessed the correct name and, since then, Tommy the garden gnome has taken pride of place in our garden.

On Monday, June 1, some heartless person took it from our garden and our son was deeply upset, for sentimental reasons.

Then, on Saturday, June 6, we received an envelope through our door with photographs of Tommy in various locations and a letter saying we were to collect him from our local train station – but when we went up, nothing was there.

By this time, our son was deeply upset that someone could be so cruel, so we took the reluctant step and got the police involved for the sake of our son.

Then we woke up on Sunday morning, the next day, and discovered Tommy was back in our garden.

Whoever did this should be ashamed of themselves as, whilst it might have been a joke to them, the gnome has sentimental value for us and we took it deadly seriously.

Alan Lough

Boroughdales

Dunbar