Sheriff of Nottingham Comes to Robin Hood's Aid LONDON (Reuters) - The Sheriff of Nottingham has come to the aid of his arch foe and helped to repair Robin Hood's longbow. Vandals had repeatedly stolen the string from the longbow on the legendary outlaw's life-size bronze statue outside Nottingham Castle, in central England, and local council officials had despaired of being able to keep renewing it. Frank Dennett, Sheriff of Nottingham from 1981-1984, was so incensed he sought help from a local ordnance company. Now the factory has come up with a ``string'' made of steel wire which it believes will make the folk hero, who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, thief-proof.