To the driver of a red van in Fourth Avenue, Hove, last week: You seriously injured a handsome and much-loved cat.

At the sound of a loud bang, you got out, inspected your vehicle for damage and drove off, leaving the cat to suffer alone. He dragged himself, back legs limp, across the road again, where he could have been hit by traffic going in the opposite direction, in an attempt to reach home.

As an onlooker, I was compelled to rescue him. I took him to the PDSA and tried to locate his owner. Sadly, his spine was broken and he had to be put down the following day.

While there was no legal obligation to have reported an accident with a cat and it clearly wasn't your fault, what about moral duties and a degree of caring?

-Name and address supplied