Police have served Mr MacKillop with a notice for “placing a garden gnome with intent to cause harassment”.
Mr MacKillop, 46, was woken in the night by two officers who warned him that the gnome was offensive to his neighbours.
So says a September 9, 2006 BBC report.
A woman is facing jail after running a racket “kidnapping” garden gnomes.
So says a March 27, 2007 BBC report.
(Thanks to investigator Timothy Nelson-White for bringing this to our attention.)