Essex pub landlady replaces golliwog doll collection that was seized by police

The White Hart Inn in Grays, Essex, which was the scene of a police raid last week that removed a display of golliwog dolls from behind the bar. Landlady Benice Ryley has been been sent replacement dolls by well-wishers. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The landlady of a pub whose collection of golliwog dolls was confiscated by police has assembled replacements, which she plans to display in defiance of a continuing investigation.

Last week four Essex police officers and a trainee seized all the dolls on show in the White Hart Inn in Grays as part of an investigation into an alleged hate crime.