AN ACTOR and comedian has moved house following his concerns about the Brighton cat killer.

Terry Mynott, star of Channel 4’s The Mimic, lived near Ditchling Rise in Brighton.

In the square mile surrounding this area, 15 cats have been stabbed in the last year, including Mr Mynott’s partner’s pet.

So the 44-year-old has made the decision to move out of the area.

He said: “It’s just shameful. I’m a realist and I knew from the moment it first happened it would be very hard to catch this person.

“It is not the only reason I moved out of the area, but I realised I could not relax when I knew this was happening.

“I said to my girlfriend, it’s going to happen again when the nights get warmer.”

The Argus reported that another cat had been stabbed in Shaftesbury Road, Brighton.

Mr Mynott said: “Our cat had a single wound two centimetres wide which went clean through his back leg and spine.

“I asked the vet if he could have fallen on something but they said the wound was too clean, then I saw the reports in the paper.

“We threw everything we could to try to save him but the wound was too deep. I held him in my arms and saw the life drain out of his eyes, he was only one year old.”

The actor suggested a way in which the cat killer could be caught.

He said: “I’m a law abiding citizen, I have nothing to hide.

“I would like to see some more CCTV put in place to help catch this person.

“You have a person wandering around with a knife at night, what if someone saw them and tried to tackle them? This person needs to know they are in danger of getting caught.”

Mr Mynott said that something needed to be done before cat owners in the area felt completely “trapped in fear”.

He also voiced his support for calls to change the laws surrounding cat attacks, which are currently classed as criminal damage.

A petition supporting this law change, started in November last year by the owner of one of the cats killed in Brighton, has gained more than 4,200 signatures. The petition asked for the law to be changed so that cat killings were given greater police attention.

Mr Mynott gave a message to those who had seen their pets targeted by the cat killer. He said: “My heart goes out to all those who have lost a cat in this way. It’s disgusting.”