CCTV captures moment driver 'steals pet cat' after pulling up outside family home

CCTV captures the moment a man appears to steal a pet cat on camera

This is the shocking moment a man is captured on CCTV appearing to steal a pet cat.

When beloved pet Oscar did not come home owner Siobhan Lee checked the security cameras to see if she could spot him.


To her horror, the footage showed a man pulling up outside their house in Colchester, Essex getting out and calling the cat over.

She says he then appears to pick Oscar up and passes him to someone sitting in the back of the car.

Oscar is the treasured pet of Ms Lee's nine year old daughter Keira.

Ms Lee said: "I was just completely gobsmacked. I couldn't believe it.

"My daughter is devastated. She's been crying her eyes out.

"She keeps asking if he's coming back."

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This video shows the man opening his door as the cat approaches

Ms Lee, 34, last saw Oscar at about 9.30am on Sunday and believes he was taken an hour later.

She first became worried when he did not come home at 5pm for his tea.

She went out and called him but he still did not appear so she decided to check the CCTV footage.

Ms Lee describes the man as in his late forties or early fifties and was wearing khaki trousers, an orange t-shirt and sandals.

The woman in the front seat had shoulder length brown hair.


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The man appears to put the cat into his car

And Ms Lee does not believe they are the only people to have been targeted.

She said: "I'm adamant I can see another cat in the back.


"There have been a lot of cats around here going missing. There are lots of posters up."

The family got Oscar, who is 19, two years ago after his former owner migrated to Australia.


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Much loved Oscar is pictured at home before going missing

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "Police in Colchester are investigating the theft of a cat.

"It was reported that a purple Volvo estate pulled up outside the address at around 10.30am on Sunday, August 16.

"The driver picked up the cat, placed it in the vehicle and drove away."

UK Mirror