Wednesday 6 July 2022 08:21 PM West End actress Olivia Holland-Rose fights for law change to force drivers who ... trends now
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An actress, whose cat was run over and killed, has started a petition to change the law so that drivers have to report hitting cats with their cars.
People have to stop if they kill a dog and other animals - but not cats.
Olivia Holland-Rose, who is appearing in the Phantom Of The Opera in the West End, was given D’Artagnan, a Somali British Longhair Cross for Christmas by her husband Chris, 34. They re-homed the nine-month-old from a high-rise and he loved being an outdoor cat.
Olivia said that she loved the cat ‘like a baby’ and was devastated when he was killed
Olivia and Chris were having a lie-in on a Saturday morning when their neighbours texted them that there was a problem
Olivia said D’Artagnan was ‘a source of comfort’ during the lockdown and said he was well-known in her neighbourhood. D’Artagnan was fed scraps by friends and neighbours and became a ‘little character’ in the community.
But one Saturday morning Olivia received a text from her neighbours. D’Artagnan had been run over and the driver
