First off on today’s show we heard about a “cat burglar” with a difference.

Now if you have a cat, chances are that if you may have had a cat flap installed, thereby allowing the animal to enjoy its freedom to the full, coming and going whenever it likes. 

But when one cat owner went looking for her feline after it had been absent for longer than usual, she was more than a little surprised to see him eyeing her out of the window of a house 2 doors down the road!

It subsequently emerged that her cat had somehow managed to break into the neighbour’s house by hooking the “smart” cat flap open, but not being fitted with the right microchip, had been unable to subsequently make his escape. 

Unfortunately the occupants of the house were away whilst their home was being renovated meaning that the cat was stuck inside the property for two days over the bank holiday weekend until finally being released by the builder.

The owner of the cat had hoped that being fellow cat owners, the neighbours would take the issue in good spirits but unfortunately to add insult to injury, in its efforts to escape, the cat had wreaked havoc in the property, causing a claimed £1600 worth of damage – £800 to replace a rug which the cat had weed on, £400 to replace laminated flooring  where the wee had gone through into the underlay, £150 for repainting areas of muddy paw-prints on the walls where the cat had scratched to get out, £50 to re-paint the windowsills and £200 for a new bathroom window vent.

The neighbour declined an offer by owner of the marauding  cat to clean and re-paint everything herself, and has instead insisted on full financial compensation.  

Oh dear!

In any event the owner of that property might be well advised to contact the manufacturer of the cat flap they’ve installed to see what additional protection might be available to prevent any future similar incursion.

In the second hour we recalled the incident involving mistaken identity.

Amazingly the incident occurred 17 years ago and involved a man who had gone for an interview at the BBC for a job as a data cleanser.

Unfortunately he was mistaken for an IT journalist and much to his surprise found himself being interviewed on air about trademark rights and the music industry?

At the time he was baffled to be offered make-up, which he declined, but then bravely went on to answer questions posed by presenter Karen Bowerman, on people downloading music through the internet. 

Well now the victim of this case, Guy Goma, is planning to sue the BBC for royalties which he claims are due to him for the five million views that the interview blunder has amassed on the BBC NEWS YouTube channel.

“When I see that they are paying people millions here and there, but they’ve been using that clip for nearly 20 years, without offering me a single penny I get more than a little ticked,” he said.

So in addition to taking legal action, he now says he’s considering writing a book to be called ”WRONG GUY”. 

Well whatever happens that at least might make him a bob or two!

All being well I shall return tomorrow at 1pm and hope to have the pleasure of your company,
Scott