Gigantic bath plug stolen from garden

A gigantic bath plug weighing 30kg (66lb) has been stolen from a man's front garden. The plug, which fits inside a half-metre-round plughole, was a cherished water feature on the patio of Richard Mudditt's Bristol home.

But Mr Mudditt said somebody walked off with the huge resin plug last weekend. He said: "Maybe somebody thought it was actually bronze and had scrap value but it's of no use to anybody at all and I'd love it back."



Mr Mudditt, from Clifton, said he was 'very sad that it was gone'. "It's pretty heavy for somebody to run off with but whoever wanted it was determined to have it," he said.

"I suspect they drove up in the dead of night and put it in the back of their car." The plug probably has no commercial value, Mr Mudditt said, but to him it was 'priceless'. "We're offering a reward of a couple of hundred pounds, no questions asked, but we would love it back."