A WOMAN watching the England match on Wednesday night was startled to see thieves in her garden.
She was at her house in Yarm when she saw men stealing two heavy, stone lions from her front garden.
While watching them loading them into a car, she called the police.
After a short chase, the car was stopped in Thornaby.
One man was arrested and is helping police with inquiries. Another ran from the scene.
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