PRESSURE is being piled on prosecutors to explain why charges have not been brought against a man suspected of carrying out the appalling Pets’ Corner slaughter.

A second Gourock councillor has demanded the procurator fiscal in Greenock answers key questions on a case which shocked Inverclyde.

SNP group leader Chris McEleny is today awaiting a response after writing to local prosecutors.

In his letter, Cllr McEleny asks the fiscal: “Is the case now classed as ‘closed’ and, if so, how did you come to this conclusion?” His intervention comes after his fellow Gourock councillor, Ronnie Ahlfeld, last week vowed to contact the fiscal.

Mr Ahlfeld said: “I am sure that the majority of local people will also demand an explanation.” Children were left distraught after six friendly animals at Pets’ Corner were brutally slaughtered in 2011 by thugs using a golf club and a large dog, while a further 12 creatures went missing and two needed urgent medical treatment.

The Telegraph revealed last Monday how a police probe into the savage killing of several animals at Pets’ Corner had resulted in the arrest of a suspect in April last year.

But prosecutors have not brought the case to court, even though it’s understood that DNA evidence was found linking a unnamed 18-year-old Gourock man to the brutal attack.

In his letter to prosecutors, Cllr McEleny states: “At the time in 2011, police stated that they were following leads. It has recently been brought to my attention, thanks to the Greenock Telegraph, that police indeed had a DNA match last year.

“This story has reminded the people of Gourock and Inverclyde of this tragic event. There is a clear desire of people in the area to have clarity.” Prosecutors have so far refused to comment on the matter.

A Crown Office spokesman told the Telegraph: “I am afraid that in terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is not permitted to give information on closed ot historic cases.”