By Darren Boyle for MailOnline
Published: 16:23 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 16:25 GMT, 21 March 2019
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A missing puppy was found hanged outside its owner's house just days after being stolen by sadistic burglars.
Gemma Knowles launched an appeal to find her puppy Wilma, who was taken during a break-in to her family home.
However, the mother-of-three was left heartbroken after discovering the British bulldog's corpse hanging in her garden earlier today.
Gemma Knowles, right, and her partner Andrew Bolland, left, had appealed for the safe return of 12-week-old British bulldog puppy Wilma who had joined their family three weeks earlier
The 12-week-old puppy had been left for dead hanging from a gate post outside the family home. The family's Mercedes was found abandoned in a nearby estate
Cruel robbers had trapped 12-week-old Wilma in a wire noose and left the body tied to the family's garden gate.
Ms Knowles, 31, and her partner Andrew Bolland, 36, attempted to revive the pet through mouth to mouth - but their
