Cat Attack Foils Damage to PM's Office Window

The member of the public who witnessed the attack on the Prime Minister's electoral office possibly prevented further damage through her actions.

The woman who is a local resident had been watching midnight fireworks when she noticed a cat wandering near the office at about half-past midnight. Knowing that a neighbour had lost their cat she went to have a closer look.

At that time she also noticed a person on a motor scooter who had a short time earlier ridden up the road, stop and throw a brick at the window of the electoral office.

As she went closer to try to get the registration number of the scooter she was attacked by the cat and screamed. Both the cat and the motor scooter rider were alarmed and left at speed.

The woman called police and supplied them with descriptions of the offender and his scooter. The window was cracked but not broken.

The woman was not injured by the cat which grabbed her leg in what she described as a playful attack. The cat was not the animal belonging to the neighbour. The woman wishes to remain anonymous.