A BRAZEN fox managed to worm through a bedroom window and kill an eight-week-old kitten in Folkestone.

Leah Betts told the Herald of her shock at seeing the animal standing on her bed, looking her in the eye before turning tail and leaving the building.

The tiny cat, which had been in the fox's jaws, was still alive but so seriously injured it had to be put down.

Mum-of-one Miss Betts, from Wear Bay Crescent, said: "I was gobsmacked.

"I won't leave my windows open at night now and it gets really stuffy, but I'm so paranoid.

"To think it was brave enough to come in and stand on my bed like that – I couldn't believe it."

Miss Betts was in her front room at about 10pm when she heard a noise coming from her bedroom.

Thinking it was caused by her dog, the 23-year-old went to investigate – but found the dog sniffing at the closed bedroom door.

When she opened it, she looked straight into the eyes of the fox.

She said: "One of my kittens was standing on the bedside table, hissing, but the other was on my bed – and so was the fox.

"It was just standing there, looking at me and I backed out of the room because I was so shocked.

"Then I went in again and saw the fox going back out through the window. The kitten was still alive but just lying there, limp."

Fox attacks on humans are very rare in the UK, but Miss Betts is taking no chances.

She said: "I think they should bring back fox hunting.

"I'm just so glad I didn't have a new-born baby. Imagine if my son had been younger – he'd have been in there when the fox came in."

A spokesman for the RSPCA said there are an estimated 258,000 foxes in the UK at the end of every winter and that an extra 425,000 cubs are born each spring.

Research funded by the charity suggested that the animals are, in general, a "minor nuisance only".

To deter foxes from entering gardens, ensure pet hutches and bins are securely fastened, protect fruit and vegetable crops and keep garage and shed doors closed.