A MAN who was due to go on trial accused of shooting a near neighbour’s cat has changed his plea. Jurors were about to be sworn in at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday, January 17, after Stephen Smith initially denied the offence. Specifically, the 53-year-old, of Rudland Close, Thatcham, is charged with causing £600.44 worth of criminal damage by shooting Harry, a cat belonging to Jeanette Drewitt, in Thatcham on January 17, 2021. Mr Smith was further accused, on the same occasion, of possessing a firearm, namely an MB/20 black air rifle with camouflage trim, to which section 1 of the Firearms…