I recognise this cat, and, in fact, saw him this morning being made a fuss of by a Devonshire Rd resident who said that a woman living in the house looked after the animal.

He sometimes hangs out in Benson Road and has been seen there from time to time over several years. He then disapears, and clearly has a large territory with many places where people will give him some food.

At one point he had a territorial dispute with a friend's cat, and thence acquired the sobriquet of 'Deadly' (as in 'deadly enemy').

Deadly is a very independent and characterful cat, and looks in not bad condition.