CCTV shows sickening moment dognapper steals puppy from family home

Man snatches cockapoo Alan from his owner’s spot (Image: Holly Bryan / SWNS)

Three-year-old Alan was brazenly taken distant by the callous crook connected Harlow Way, successful Ashbourne, Derbys., connected Tuesday greeting (12/11).

Video footage shows a hooded manin acheronian covering walking connected to the driveway earlier starring the pooch distant from the spot astatine astir 11am.

Derbyshire Police said they person launched an probe but nary arrests person yet been made.

Holly Bryan, 27, the relative of Alan's proprietor Stuart Godfrey, 45, was astatine the location astatine the clip and has launched a societal media entreaty to way Alan down.

She explained however Alan had been tied to a station connected an extendable pb connected the thrust due to the fact that enactment is presently being done connected Stuart's garden.

She said: "We near him determination for astir fractional an hr to springiness him a spot of workout portion the enactment was being done due to the fact that helium had escaped done a obstruction before.

"I went to spell and get him truthful we could springiness him a bath and helium was conscionable gone. We thought astatine archetypal helium indispensable person escaped aft slipping his lead.

"We assumed idiosyncratic would find him and we'd get him backmost but erstwhile Stuart noticed the pb had gone excessively we started checking doorbell footage."

Holly past posted the heartbreaking video connected Facebook and reported Alan had been stolen to police.

Derbyshire: CCTV shows favored cockapoo being dognapped

She added: "We could not judge the audacity of him. The location is connected a cul-de-sac and it was successful wide daylight. Our hearts sank.

"Stuart lives connected his ain and Alan is each helium had. He's gutted. He comes to my location each the clip and the kids play with him, he's precise overmuch our family's canine too.

"My relative is beyond himself astatine the minute, Alan is specified a joyousness to beryllium around; it's specified a nonaccomplishment that he's gone.

"A batch of radical person said mediocre canine to beryllium dragged distant from that but Alan really jumps up similar that erstwhile he's happy.

"He's specified a affable canine and helium was much than blessed to spell with his stranger. He's conscionable similar that, but that makes it worse successful a way. He had nary thought what was happening."

Holly believes helium was taken distant for studding owed to Alan being a pure-bred cockapoo and not being neutered.

But she says constabulary person done thing to assistance truthful acold and was told it could instrumentality a week for officers to visit.

Cockapoo Alan who has been dognapped. (Image: Holly Bryan / SWNS)

She added: "Cockapoos are everyplace astir present truthful we presume he's been taken for studding. They are truly popular

"But we are not bothered astir who you are oregon what's happened, we conscionable privation Alan back.

"It's disgusting and the lowest of the low. But the constabulary person done thing to assistance truthful far. They said it could instrumentality a week for an serviceman to travel out.

"I've recovered a suspicious Audi that was successful the country astatine the clip and advised them to cheque CCTV from a adjacent store but we've not heard thing from them.

"I cognize it's a canine and there's a batch going connected retired determination but it's inactive a theft that has had a devastating interaction connected us. We conscionable privation Alan home."

A Derbyshire Police spokesperson said: “An probe is successful its aboriginal stages and we are pursuing respective lines of enquiries but nary arrests person been made astatine this time.”

Anyone who has accusation which could assistance with the probe is asked to interaction the unit connected 101 oregon online, quoting incidental fig 24000676906.

The autarkic foundation Crimestoppers tin besides beryllium contacted anonymously connected 0800 555 111, oregon by visiting their website.