CONCERNS have grown that a 'cat burglar' may be at large in West Oxfordshire after a second family reported three cats disappearing.

Socks, Fin and Luna each 'vanished' from the Lord family's home, in Minster Lovell, near Witney, between March and October last year.

Mum Cheryl Lord, who lives with teenage children Dale and Jade, has lived in the area since 1996 and believes all three were stolen.

She said: "I've always been a bit suspicious - they don't just vanish into thin air."

This comes after three cats went missing from the front garden of the Heath family's home, also in Minster Lovell, between October 21 and December 9.