An elderly cat has been reunited with her owners after cruel children put her in a plastic carrier bag and dumped her in a wheelie bin.

Frankie, a 22-year-old cat, was thankfully fished out of the wheelie bin after locals heard her inside in Wymondham, Norfolk.

She was swiftly taken to Feline Care Cat Rescue where founder Molly Farrar put out an appeal on social media.

Her owners were quickly found and she was reunited with them on July 15.

Ms Farrar said CCTV and cameras in the area had been checked and the police had been informed of the incident.

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Frankie was checked for a microchip after she arrived at the centre but it was not up to date.

However, thankfully it contained her age and old address.

Ms Farrar put out an appeal on Facebook, saying: “We’re sure someone must know who she is, please help us find her people.

“This old lady needs to be home ASAP.”

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Sure enough, her owners were quickly found and it transpired “Cleo” – which her microchip revealed had been her previous name – had been renamed 17 years ago when her previous owners moved and abandoned her.

Ms Farrar said so far doorbell footage had failed to identify the children, but she hoped their parents would “help them learn why it was not OK”.

Frankie’s owners said they were delighted to have their pet back.

“We are so pleased to have her home, she is jumping from lap to lap getting all the fuss she can,” they said. “She is currently sat on my lap on the ‘Frankie blankie’, as we call it.”

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