STOLEN ... Freddie The Jack Russell Terrier from Cambs.

A cold hearted thief taunted the owner of the dog he was stealing and then drove off while she looked on helplessly. Freddie, a tri-colour, smooth coated, short legged Jack Russell terrier, was standing on the drive of Freddie's owner (Ms H) home at Manea, March at 3.30pm on May 9th, 2006

Ms H was harnessing her horse, when she heard someone whistling to the dog. She could not let go of the young horse and Freddie was lured into the stranger's vehicle. Ms H had been aware of the vehicle, a white, open backed, twin cab 4 x 4, passing her property. It then turned around and she saw a man standing outside the vehicle with the door open calling to Freddie.

The man is described as "big and square looking" and was wearing a short-sleeved shirt. When he had snatched Freddie, he got into his vehicle and drove slowly down the road with his arm through the open window and his hand resting on the roof, looking back at Ms Habbin through the rear view mirror. "I know that if I had started to chase after him he would have accelerated away quickly," said Ms H. "Freddie travels in my van with me and we are the absolute best of friends.

He is my grandson's pet," she said. The three-year-old terrier has an overshot jaw which makes him look as though he is smiling and he has been castrated, so will not be able to breed.

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