A ex-nurse has been left heartbroken after her beloved cat was mauled to death by a stranger's dog in her own back garden.
Fiona McMillan, 59, heard a thud on her back door and saw her rescue cat Tom in the mouth of a black Staffordshire Bull Terrier dog on the back patio of her home in Glenrothes, Fife.
Fiona, who is disabled and has a number of health conditions, desperately struggled to try and free Tom from the dog's mouth, reports Daily Record.