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The 'Croydon Cat Ripper' appears to have struck again after a black cat was found dead with the killer's tell-tale signs - its head and tail were removed. A £10,000 reward is now being offered for information that leads to the 'low life scum's' capture.

Snarl, a local animal rescue and rehabilitation shelter, have seen the mutilation of the cat-killer's victims more than 400 times.

The serial killer has also murdered squirrels, foxes and rabbits since 2014

It is understood by Snarl that the killer is a white man in his 40s, around 5ft 9in tall, who is likely to be from Croydon, due to the ease in which he moves around the area. When Tony Jenkins, founder of Snarl, presented the latest fatality to a vet he recoiled at the sight, along with its missing head and tail its body had been sliced open. 

Mr Jenkins, when speaking to AFP, said: 'It was the classic head and tail removal: clean cuts on both, with a bit of additional mutilation to the stomach area,

'We've had cats matching that exact same thing in all sorts of different areas,

'Lowlife scum.'

The shelter started a hunt for the cat-killer after a series of deaths kept cropping up on social media in the Croydon area.

Mr Jenkins and his co-founder Boudicca Rising began investigating the suspicious demise of these poor creatures. After consulting vets, pet owners and local residents they pieced together a map and timeline of the killings. 

Scotland Yard police headquarters and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Britain's biggest animal welfare charity, both started inquiries after receiving information from Mr Jenkins.

According to Mr Jenkins the cats died from blunt force trauma and the possibility that the killer was another animal was quickly ruled out.