{"id":150461,"date":"2022-01-25T06:06:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=150461"},"modified":"2022-01-25T06:06:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:06:43","slug":"amazon-driver-stole-familys-800-pet-schnauzer-as-he-delivered-dog-food-to-their-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/amazon-driver-stole-familys-800-pet-schnauzer-as-he-delivered-dog-food-to-their-home\/","title":{"rendered":"'Amazon driver' stole family's \u00a3800 pet schnauzer as he delivered dog food to their home"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN Amazon driver stole family's \u00a3800 pet schnauzer as he delivered dog food to their home.<\/p>\n

Levi Pislea, 22, snatched Wilma the puppy when he visited Richard Guttfield's house in Marsworth, Bucks.<\/p>\n


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Richard and his family were so devastated they even contacted billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos \u2013 before UK staff stepped in and tracked the rogue deliveryman down.<\/p>\n

Pislea had stashed Wilma the schnauzer at a property in Barnet, North London.<\/p>\n

Richard, 52, and his 18-year-old daughter Emily launched an online appeal to find Wilma after she was snatched on April 27 last year, High Wycombe magistrates were told.<\/p>\n

SCHNAUZER SNATCHED<\/h2>\n

Sophie Stannard, prosecuting, told the court: "Mr Guttfield was in an outbuilding with a friend and was expecting a delivery from Amazon.<\/p>\n

"He lives in a house with a long drive and there is a large plastic chest by the gate with instructions for Amazon deliveries to be put in it.<\/p>\n

"On this occasion the parcel was left in his porch rather than the box."<\/p>\n

Giving evidence, Richard said: "On that day I was expecting a delivery of dog food, ironically."<\/p>\n

BEZ MATE<\/h2>\n

Richard said he was playing snooker with a friend and the dogs were behind closed doors in the house.<\/p>\n

He explained: "I contacted Amazon on day she went missing – on the Friday. I didn't hear back.<\/p>\n

Four days passed. When my sister realised I was getting nowhere she emailed the founder Jeff Bezos and asked him to help.<\/p>\n

"Four days passed. When my sister realised I was getting nowhere she emailed the founder Jeff Bezos and asked him to help."<\/p>\n

Francis Souza, the logistics operations manager for FastUK parcels that was working for Amazon, said Pislea, when questioned, claimed to know nothing about a missing dog.<\/p>\n

But he said an Amazon Flex App traced the driver's steps around Richard's house.<\/p>\n

PAW EXCUSE<\/h2>\n

Pislea, speaking through a Romanian interpreter, claimed he had found the dog on the road and did not know who it belonged to.<\/p>\n

He said he decided to take it home and wait and hand it to police on his day off.<\/p>\n

Chairman of the bench Irvin Thobourne said: "This was very distressing for the owner and his family. We have heard the dog was also distressed. It was a very serious offence."<\/p>\n

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