A stunned pet owner looked on in horror after her doorbell camera captured a delivery man attacking her 'innocent cat' and pelting it with a stone. Owner Lisa Ferraby, 37, was alerted by her husband that their doorbell cam had captured a visitor to their home while they were both at out at work.
She logged into the doorbell app on her phone and saw an Evri courier attack her beloved cat Tumble as the pet sat on a wall near their porch. The disturbing clip shows how the courier first attempted to swat the cat with a large letter he had been delivering while shouting at the cat.
Seconds later, he then took another a swipe at the cat before picking up a large stone from the front garden. It was hurled at the cat as it fled.
Lisa, from Milton Keynes, said she didn't know 'whether to vomit or cry' after watching the footage while she was at work. She said: "I was at work, and I don't really look at the doorbell because I'm in meetings a lot for work.
"My husband called me, and I know that if I get a call outside of my lunch break then I know there is something wrong. He told me to go and have a look at the doorbell, I asked why and he told me that Tumble had been hit by the Evri driver.
"I watched it, and didn't know whether to vomit or cry. I was absolutely fuming, I just wanted to leave work, but I couldn't leave. It is distressing to see that kind of thing to your own pet, and it is completely unprovoked."
Tumble showed no signs of injuries but was 'shaken and cowering in a corner' when Lisa and husband Andrew got home from work.
Lisa said: "We didn't take him to the vets, we checked him over and he rolls over on his back and lets you look at his tummy and his fur. Physically he seemed okay but he was shaken and cowering in a corner when we got back. He didn't eat that night which is not like him, he just seemed a little bit off which is understandable really."
After speaking to bosses at the delivery company, mum-of-two Lisa has praised them for acting so quickly, and sacking the driver the next day. She said: "I don't want people to slam Evri. In terms of delivery they are pants, but in terms of how they dealt with our situation, they dealt with it quickly and they were really good about it."
Hermes changed its name to Evri earlier this year, after the company came bottom in a delivery firm league table produced by Citizens Advice.
A spokesperson from Evri said: "We have apologised to Mrs Ferraby and provided a gesture of goodwill. This was highly unacceptable behaviour and we can confirm the courier will no longer deliver on behalf of Evri."
