QUEENIE was picked up as a stray and taken to Lambeth kennels. Now safe and sound back home.
A Kingston musician has been left heartbroken after his beloved dog was snatched outside Wholefoods store in Clapham Junction on Sunday evening.
Conn Kennedy, 59, is often seen busking outside Clapham Junction station with his black and white staffie, Queenie, by his side.
Mascot to his band, Music’s Fool, two-year-old Queenie has gained hundreds of fans in her own right.
The duo have become a comfortingly, familiar sight to commuters and daytrippers passing through Europe’s busiest train station.
But now the spot where Queenie once stood loyally by her owner’s side is replaced with a forlorn sign reading, ‘£1000 reward, find Queenie’.
On Sunday August 28 at 9:17pm, Conn tied Queenie outside Wholefoods in Clapham Junction as he went inside to buy her some dog food.
“It was a split second decision to leave her there. I couldn’t take her inside, and I needed to get her some food,” Conn said.
“I was in there for less than a couple of minutes, but now I realise that’s all it takes for a thief. As I was paying at the till I heard a man shout, ‘whose dog is that outside?’
“I looked up surprised, raised my arm and replied, ‘that dog is mine’. He turned to me and grinned then replied ‘okay!’ before turning around and walking calmly out of the store.
“That grin is imprinted on my memory.”
At this point, two of the staff went outside to see Queenie while Conn gathered his things, and reported that the man was gone and Queenie was still there.
Conn thanked the staff, and no more than twenty seconds had passed between the staff coming back inside the store and Conn leaving Wholefoods before he went outside and discovered that Queenie was nowhere to be seen.
Doglost link for updates:- http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog-blog.php?dogId=104482
Investigating Force:- Metropolitan Police Service
Crime Reference Number:- 031952516
http://www.swlondoner.co.uk/help-find-queenie-beloved-dog-…/.
