Search on for missing E.T. in Portsmouth

E.T. is missing in Portsmouth. This life-size replica was stolen in a burglary in Cosham. And now owner Margaret Wells is hoping he will phone home.

The 76-year-old was upset when she realised the model had been taken in the raid. She had kept it since daughter Louise, 42, created it on a stage make-up course nine years ago. Grandmother-of-three Mrs Wells said: ‘Maybe he’s actually gone home. You won’t find another one anywhere.



‘My daughter was offered £2,000 for it but she didn’t want to sell it – it’s the only one she made.’ Granddaughter Tia, four, said: ‘I loved him. He’s got big eyes and little feet. At night he comes to life.’ It was among a bizarre haul that included an iron – stolen from Mrs Wells’ terraced Mansvid Avenue home in Cosham, where she has lived for 35 years.

Mrs Wells – who was held at a prisoner of war camp Siam in Singapore for three years as a child during World War II – said: ‘I’m angry.’ PC Steve Bourne said: ‘The E.T. is obviously a very unusual item to be stolen. Anyone who may have come across the E.T. model or is offered it for sale is asked to contact us.’