Boy faces Asbo for missing cat poster

A boy who put up posters to find his missing cat was ordered to tear them down – or face an £80 fine under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act. Daniel Cope, 13, was devastated when eight-year-old Milly disappeared from the family home.

He spent hours hunting for the pet with his parents before printing off 100 posters with tortoiseshell Milly's picture and putting them up on lamp-posts near the family home in Whitstable, Kent.

Just three days later, Daniel's mother Heather, 43, received a phone call from a community warden telling her they had to come down. Carer Heather said: 'The warden rang up to say all the fliers had to come down.



'She said it came under an anti-social behaviour act and we could face an £80 penalty. I just burst into tears when she told me, I couldn't believe it.' As a result of the threats, Daniel took down all of the posters.

Milly is still missing.

Last night a red-faced Canterbury City Council issued an apology to Daniel, saying it had been 'overzealous'