Canterbury Mornings

Piles of socks, underwear, leggings, and even a bikini have been mysteriously going missing in the seaside suburb of Sumner in Christchurch.But one resident has identified the thief – her cat.Mette Kristiansen says her one-and-half-year-old cat, Jasper, has been caught red-pawed with ill-gotten gains clutched in his claws.It's now so bad this week Kristiansen has been busy dropping off flyers to her neighbours in a two-block radius around her home."We got him when he was a kitten and started doing this burglarising about Christmas last year," she said.Jasper's main target seems to be socks, but he had also claimed gardening and working gloves, leggings, and shoes.A pair of gardening gloves taken by Jasper. Photo / SuppliedOne neighbour reported him stealing a bikini."I have heard that he definitely does gets into people's homes, he walks down their hallway and into their bedrooms. I've heard tales of him going upstairs...even houses with dogs. He makes friends with the dogs."Kristiansen said Jasper seemed to