Two characters who have been in custody at Marlborough police station since last week are desperate to be returned to their family.

The 12 inch high soft-bodied doll wearing a pink and white outfit and an eight inch high woolly monkey were handed in at the police station by a kind-hearted member of public who found them at the Coopers Meadow play area and feared they had been lost by a child.

The two characters both show signs of lots of loving and Penny Smith, one of the civilian receptionists at the Marlborough police inquiry office, said she was sure their owner would want them back.

Mrs Smith said: “They have obviously both been well loved and there could well be a child out there who is missing them.”

They can be claimed either by visiting the police station between 9am and 12.45pm or 1.15pm and 5pm or by ringing Wiltshire police 0845 408 7000.