Teenager held at gunpoint for his puppy

A teenage boy has had two guns held to his head by a gang of teenage robbers who burst into his home in order to steal his puppy.

Seventeen-year-old Michael Auguste, was at his Thornton Heath home alone, apart from some plumbers who were installing a central heating system, when the terrifying robbery happened. Prada, the family's distinctive 20-week black and white Staffordshire Bull Terrier, had run out of the front door but Michael had managed to catch him.

It was when this happened that he noticed a gang of five teens, aged between 16 and 18, hanging around on the driveway. The three males and two females were looking into the house.



Just minutes later, Michael was in the front room when the three men burst in. Two of them held guns to his head and, with their fingers on the trigger told him: "Let's not make this messy".

As they held the terrified teen hostage in the front room, the two females charged past the plumber working upstairs and snatched Prada.

Police are now investigating but Michael and his mother, Maria Auguste, just want to see the safe return of their puppy. Maria explained: "We are in total shock. Robbers came into our home and held guns to the head of my little boy for what? A puppy, our puppy. What is this country coming to?"

Sounds fishy to me.