In reply to Jamie Wakeham:
> the defence of necessity does not require proof, just reasonable belief. Without opening the door it's not possible to prove it's your cat...
Sounds a bit like religion.
> wrt a later burglary - the OP said 'garage used for storage, across the road' which makes me think this is a detached lockup, not part of a house. But regardless, I would have thought that telling the police that you have had to break the door down would put some onus on them both to inform the owner asap and advise you how to make it secure until they return?
They could advise you, but the if contents of the garage are then nicked, the onus would be on the OP
> Jim - you obviously shop at a better class of garage door emporium than I do!
was thinking that Jim bit steep for a garage door! unless it house a nice collection of Ferrari's!