Shame and a thousand curses on the thieves who stole Welsh athlete John McFall's prosthetic leg.

Unless the limb (which sounds as if it's a Cheetah like mine) turns up, McFall will miss a European meeting in Stuttgart in a few weeks' time -- and all because some thieving bastard made off with something that's of absolutely no use to anyone except its owner.

Here's hoping the thief has a moment of compassion and dumps it somewhere it can be found and returned.

If not, may the thief die a slow and painful death.