Run rabbit run

There is a thief steeped in legal history - possibly with huge floppy ears - stalking Manchester, Obiter can reveal.

In recent weeks, a picture of Lord Denning, and one of Sir Thomas More which replaced it, have been stolen from the entrance to Hammicks Legal Bookshop in the city, where they smiled on everyone entering the shop.

After Denning disappeared, store manager Susan Wilson informed the police.

They checked the CCTV cameras and reported to Ms Wilson that nothing suspicious appeared on the relevant day except, bizarrely, a five-foot tall white rabbit.

Plans to lay a trail of giant carrots leading to the local cop shop have been abandoned, we understand.

'I do have other pictures but will not replace them now,' says Ms Wilson sadly.