Amazon driver ‘caught on doorbell cam picking up and stealing cat’
An Amazon delivery driver was caught on a doorbell camera picking up and allegedly walking off with a man’s cat.
Carl Crowther, 53, had spent the day looking for his cat, Nora, and was outraged after discovering the footage on his doorbell camera.
He had been expecting an Amazon package from Zara for his daughter on Sunday at his home in Elland, West Yorkshire.
Despite having not having seen Nora all day, Carl wasn’t worried as she’s an outdoor cat and ‘knows her way home.’
But when Nora didn’t turn up the following morning, Carl and his partner, Sarah, 52, began to grow suspicious.
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It was only when they checked the doorbell footage that they saw the delivery driver picking up Nora and walking off after delivering the package.
They say they haven’t found Nora since.
‘It’s absolutely disgusting,’ Carl said. ‘He was there for over six minutes. He comes right up the door, picks up the cat, turns around and walks off.
‘I got on to 101 first, and I had a video call at 13:30, and they said they’d get back in touch within 48 hours. In the meantime, I spoke to Amazon and told them what happened.’
Carl said Amazon asked what ‘monetary value’ they’d place on Nora, which he found ‘disgusting’.
‘How can you put a value on somebody’s pet? She’s an outdoor cat and knows her way home. We have a cat flap she can get back through,’ he added.
‘There was no sign of her in the morning, so for some reason I checked the doorbell camera out of curiosity, in case she’d been back.
‘Lo and behold, I saw this deliveryman come down the path with the parcel in his hand. He doesn’t get a response at the door, as no one was in, so he looks for someone safe to put the parcel. He’s then clocked the cat.’
Carl is hoping to get a response from the police as soon as possible because he is concerned about Nora’s health.
‘She has a heart murmur and is on medication,’ Carl said.
A spokesperson for Amazon confirmed the company is investigating the incident and has been in touch with police.
West Yorkshire Police said: ‘Police received a report of a cat being stolen from outside a property on Park Avenue, Elland, at around 2.30 pm on Monday, 19 January. A crime of theft has been recorded, and enquiries remain ongoing.’
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