Litter tray, cat flap set to only allow cats in but not out. Go down in morning, find thief cat, saturate it with water or lemon juice or something. Give it a bit of kicking if you want. Let it out.
Repeat once or twice. It’ll not come back.
Had a Tom cat that used to come in the house and p1ss everywhere, did it every couple of days, became my obsession to catch it.
Came back one day and there it was, game on. Put a pair of gloves on and went to town on it, held it in the sink and poured a bottle of Roses Lime juice over it, it was going MENTAL, then hurled it, by the scruff out of the window.
Went out, came back an hour later and it was sitting on my dining table.
Now have a Sure Flap microchip device, not one strange cat has got through it, the Tom used to be able to snap the lock on the old one. Cannot recommend it highly enough, best money we’ve spent.
SUREFLAP