Accomplice #1:
Champagne:
Persian, 4.5 years old, world traveler, cat model, internet celebrity.
Background: rescue cat born in Thailand and has since moved to the Philippines and Germany. Notorious on airlines and intercity express trains for her (perfect) behaviour and regal presence.
Accomplice #2
Kessy:
Persian, 15 years old, adopted four weeks ago from the animal shelter with severe kidney ailment, given only four weeks to live but has since recovered.
Background: Born and raised in Berlin, prior criminal record not released.

The set-up:
Home office with printer, side board, plants and carpet.
The plan:
there was none.
The result:
Major.
Surveillance:
Is the coast clear?

The dastardly dead:
Chew on innocent plants,
Taste the leaves,
Uproot with no mercy.
Drop on the white carpet.
Cough up hairballs.
Stink up the kitty litter to high heavens.
The cover-up story:
Look as cute as possible and pretend nothing happened.
If it did, we had no prior knowledge of it.
It was all part of the Canine Conspiracy.
The Plea bargaining:
Kessy: not guilty due to dementia
Champagne: not guilty due to… well, not guilty.
Click HERE for the complete crime story with full set of photographs of the criminals.