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Croydon cat killer investigation should be reopened, says Tory MP

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Croydon cat killer investigation should be reopened, says Tory MP because it’s ‘fanciful’ to blame spate of feline deaths on foxes

  • Elliot Colburn MP says urban foxes not to blame since victims were not eaten
  • Fears serial killer was on the loose emerged after hundreds of cats were reported mutilated across south London borough since November 2015
  • Some reported finding animals decapitated, while others had their tails docked

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 01:10 BST, 24 October 2020 | Updated: 02:46 BST, 24 October 2020

The Croydon cat killer investigation should be reopened, said Tory MP Elliot Colburn (above). He claimed it was a ‘fanciful’ theory that urban foxes were behind the deaths because the victims were not eaten

The Croydon cat killer investigation should be reopened, a Tory MP said yesterday.

Elliot Colburn claimed it was a ‘fanciful’ theory that urban foxes were behind the deaths because the victims were not eaten. 

Fears that a serial killer was on the loose emerged after hundreds of cats were reported to have been mutilated across the south London borough since November 2015.

Some reported finding animals decapitated, while others had their tails docked.

Six cases were deemed to be suspicious and required further investigation, during which time another 400 reports of cat mutilations were collated in and around London.  

But Scotland Yard concluded that there was ‘no evidence that any of the cats had been killed by a human’. 

It said the injuries inflicted on the pets were ‘the result of predation or scavenging by wildlife on cats killed in vehicle collisions’.  

Fears that a serial killer was on the loose emerged after hundreds of cats were reported to have been mutilated across the south London borough since November 2015. Pictured, a cat named Bertie, 12, whose headless body was found in Surrey at the height of the killings

Fears that a serial killer was on the loose emerged after hundreds of cats were reported to have been mutilated across the south London borough since November 2015. Pictured, a cat named Bertie, 12, whose headless body was found in Surrey at the height of the killings

Scotland Yard concluded that there was 'no evidence that any of the cats had been killed by a human'. At the time, one horrified woman told how she found her mutilated pet called Massive (pictured) in the front garden of her home

Scotland Yard concluded that there was ‘no evidence that any of the cats had been killed by a human’. At the time, one horrified woman told how she found her mutilated pet called Massive (pictured) in the front garden of her home 

The Metropolitan Police closed a three-year investigation, codenamed Operation Takahe, in 2018.

Speaking in the Commons, Mr Colburn (Carshalton and Wallington) said: ‘It started in Croydon, which is the borough which I border, however, there was a spate of cat killings which involved beheading the cat which has spread to other parts of south London, including Carshalton and Wallington.

‘Now, there has been an investigation into this and the conclusion was that this was down to urban foxes, which the owners of these cats find a bit fanciful – and I have to say I agree as well.

‘The pattern of behaviour, particularly beheading the cat and leaving it there with no evidence of the cat being eaten, doesn’t suggest to me that this was urban foxes, this suggests to me there is a systematic level of abuse going on here.

‘And I sincerely hope that investigations can be reopened and these cat owners can have a bit of justice and a bit of an answer about what happened to their beloved pets.’

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