Newshound Ady & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz

Thanks to alert readers of the newshound column,
a suspect in the cookie case has been fingered.
Or in this case, pawed.

A tip off from Elwyn Pirie alleges the wide-eyed culprit appearing in last week's column is the notorious Dougal, from the Diana and John Hatwell clan.
However this is strenuously denied by the Dougal Inc. organisation.

Their public relations department issued the following statement to Newshounds:
I understand that there have been a number of people that have pawpawtedly been trying to finger me as the cookie thief. I can CATegorically refute this, as I was only there as the guard for these morsels.
I also find this to be a classic case of stereotyping just because I am a black pug. Remember we are not all like that. Also, I have just been laid off as the food taster from KFC because of a disability that I have due to an illness - one that means I am unable to find similar work because of the liver shunt that I have been diagnosed with.
Therefore I am being doubly penalised, all because of my colour and inability to pawform a full day's work.
For this picture to appear in your paper it has severely impacted on my credibility as an officer in the food security industry and therefore I will be expecting the Sun Media group to fund my lifestyle now that I have been banished from this responsible job.
Yours with lots of licks and tailwagging,
Dougal (the black pug).