Cat defies ban from local Tesco

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Cat at supermarket
(Image credit: Annabel Fields)

A cat banned from his local Tesco has turned up anyway to relax on the self-service checkouts. Pumpkin, a ginger tom, was a regular in the Thorpe Marriott branch for well over a year before the store “banned him” last November. However, he returned on Sunday and sprawled out over the checkout.

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