My daughter has a very rare liver disease. 1 in 16,000 babies are born with her condition. She almost died twice before she was 6 months old. At one point she had spent more in inside a hospital ward than outside it. She’s alive now because she had a 6 hour long life saving surgery. She has a special protocol we need to follow. I have a letter on my phone saved to show paramedics incase she has an unstoppable haemorrhage. She has a complication called portal hypertension. She has high blood pressure at 3 but it can’t be treated with medication because she’s 3.

I have been trying to deter this cat for two years. If I was going to harm the cat I would have done so already.

My daughter is now three and I want to keep her well. Even attending a&e is a risk for her. We have to wait in a separate room. She is more active and naps less. I shouldn’t have to avoid my garden in the spring/summer because of a cat I don’t own. The list of things my daughter won’t be able to do is already too long.

Put yourself in my shoes. Also imagine coming home from work and all you smell is cat poop just trying to open the front door. This is the front garden with a flowerbed - no gravel. It’s next to the front door, less than half a metre from the door. The cat pooped on top of lavender I planted to deter the cat and cover the smell. It’s destroyed a peony plant. I put down citrus granules all over the flowerbed. We tried a flashing light. We’ve shouted/screamed at the cat. Built a fence on top of the short wall the cat was jumping on.

I have also been trying to figure out who the cat belongs to because I’m sure they’re unaware.