Petrol-bombed pet-shop owners vows to reopen

Meanwhile, he can't bear to go near the shell of his Sackville Road pet food shop, gutted in an early-morning attack last week which also destroyed the neighbouring premises.

Mr Soulsby said: "It affects me too much. It's been a tremendous shock. It is difficult to know of anyone who would do this to you. You just have no idea that it could happen."