Master Criminal Finally Confesses After Half a Century

A news article screenshot shows a garden gnome with a red hat and white beard standing in grass. The headline reads 'Phantom gnome snatcher' of Formby admits prank almost 50 years on, with a sub-headline stating Arthur told Vernon Kay on Radio 2 he left ransom notes in place of garden ornaments in Formby in 1977. The article describes how the prank caused a media circus in the 1970s.

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