I fear Axel Rudakubana’s ricin stash killed my cat but police told me there was no risk, claims neighbour
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A NEIGHBOUR of Axel Rudakubana fears his ricin stash killed her cat — and claims police told her there was no risk. Cops had found the poison at the killer’s home and warned Caroline McDonald that pet Jo Jo, nine, had got into a forensic tent in the garden.
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Hours later the moggie fell ill. Vets said it was poison and put down Jo Jo last August. Caroline, 51, said: “I heard police say ‘50 minutes exposure then wash off’. "They were in the full gear. I asked, ‘Anything we need to know?’ They said there was nothing to worry about.”.
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Despite the cat dying, cops said it presented “a low risk to the public”. Caroline, who lodged a formal complaint with Merseyside cops, was at home when armed response units arrived at Radukabana’s home just minutes after he was arrested on July 29 following the attack.
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She said: “They did a search of the garden and then the tents went up. “Then my cat got into the forensic tent and a CID officer came round to my house and said, ‘can you try and keep it away?. “Curiosity killed the cat, never a truer saying. That night the cat came in and just curled up and didn't move all night,.
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“The next morning he was still like that. I thought there's something up with the cat. “Within the hour he’d started foaming at the mouth. “I took him to the vet and they said without doing a toxicology report it looks look like the cat's been poisoned.”.
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