A kleptomaniac cat with a hefty criminal history has been terrorising a New Zealand neighbourhood by committing a string of burglaries. Keith, a five-year-old black cat, has been snatching items from a quiet suburban street in Christchurch for the past three years. Keith, a five-year-old black cat, (pictured) has been stealing from neighbours in Christchurch for the last three yearsKeith has even terrorised a local tradie, who resorted to weighing down his steel-toed boots with 2.5kilogram weights to no avail. 'We've been playing a bit of cat and mouse with this prolific offender,' a police spokesperson told Stuff. Keith brazenly enters homes through windows and cat doors in the dead of the night nicking anything he can get his paws on.

Source: Stuff December 23, 2021 02:36 UTC