NEARLY two weeks after a four ft statue of the Virgin Mary was stolen from a back garden, police are still trying to trace it. The statue was taken from the garden of a property in Birch Way, London Colney, between 11pm on November 10 and 4pm on November

NEARLY two weeks after a four ft statue of the Virgin Mary was stolen from a back garden, police are still trying to trace it.

The statue was taken from the garden of a property in Birch Way, London Colney, between 11pm on November 10 and 4pm on November 11.

Pc Ian Aldridge from the London Colney Neighbourhood Team, said: "The statue, worth about £400, has extreme sentimental value as it used to be on the victims' daughter's grave."

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0845 33 00 222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.