Former human rights lawyer, 79, sues after police ‘chop down door’ to seize her cat

An award-winning ex-solicitor is suing in a High Court tug-of-war over claims police chopped through her front door with an axe so that the RSPCA could seize her disabled cat.Dr Katherine Theodotou - a 79-year-old former human rights lawyer of the year - says she was "pushed violently to the ground" during a raid by six cops and two RSPCA officers at her north London home following a report that her cat Rita was being mistreated.Dr Theodotou, who also founded a Greek school in Islington and runs an animal sanctuary near Hertford, insists she was the victim of a "malicious report" to the RSPCA, leading to a warrant being issued and Rita being seized.Now she is suing both the RSPCA and the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, asking for an order that her cat be returned by the RSPCA, as