I think it's obvious this person has problem of one kind or another.
I think motives are more likely to do with mental health issues than anything else. Given these accounts relate to an Adult Educational Institute, that would be my hunch. Maybe this person wanted the cage as they were told by carers they had a keep a kitten in a pen?
Who knows.... speculation isn't going to solve this.
But if we have a concrete address I will try my best to arrange a house call - I wasn't kidding about the Glaswegians.