A delivery driver caught on a doorbell camera taking a cat from a garden has avoided an immediate prison sentence. Catalin Stancu, 41, was handed an eight-week prison term, suspended for 12 months, after admitting he took Nora, a much-loved family pet, from outside her home in Elland, West Yorkshire, in January. Stancu, from Oldham , told police he saw the cat in the rain and was unsure if she had an owner, despite observing her collar. A court heard Nora’s family endured three distressing days without her. After they posted footage of her being taken online, appealing for her return as she required medication, the video quickly went viral. This social media backlash prompted Stancu to contact the family to arrange Nora’s return. Stancu pleaded guilty to taking a cat, which Bradford Magistrates’ Court heard is a new offence introduced in 2024 to differentiate it from theft and reflect the fact that “a family pet is more than an object”.…