Overview
- Kent Police arrested two men, aged 59 and 39, both from Sheerness, in connection with the theft.
- Officers are appealing for witnesses and CCTV to locate the statue and return it to owner Luke Allum.
- The five-foot figure, valued at £250, was taken from the porch in Broadway while staff attended a funeral on Thursday afternoon.
- Allum says he does not want compensation, only the nutcracker back, noting replacements are hard to find now.
- The statue was switched on around 3pm daily to sing for children walking home from school and had become popular locally.