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"They can protest a vacant house all they want," Homan said, adding that their presence "tied up" law enforcement and prevented officials from seeing to more important tasks.

His memories of his first ever big scene will forever be tied up with Kilmer.

It comes as national animal charity Blue Cross says it has seen an increase in pets left in boxes, or tied up with notes on from owners who can not afford to keep them.

"What we need is really robust and detailed data collection that is consistent across all our police forces and that is then tied up with prosecution outcomes."