Claudiu Carol Kondor, 42, was delivering parcels in Leeds last year when ‘career criminal’ Mark Ross, 32, climbed into his van and drove away

A thief who killed an Amazon delivery driver who was trying to stop his van from being stolen has been sentenced to life in prison. Claudiu Carol-Kondor, 42, died when Mark Ross drove the van into a parked car after hitting speeds of up to 60mph (96 km/h) on residential streets in Leeds on 20 August.

Heroic delivery driver Claudiu Carol-Kondor bravely clung on to the side of his Amazon van in a desperate bid to stop its contents from being stolen by Mark Ross in Armley, Leeds

Claudiu-Carol Kondor held on to the van for half a mile in Leeds before dying of head and chest injuries after Mark Ross deliberately crashed into two parked cars.

This is the moment a "career criminal" was arrested in Leeds after dragging an Amazon delivery driver to his death with his own van last year. Claudiu-Carol Kondor, a "hard-working" delivery driver, was killed while trying to stop Mark Ross,

A thief who murdered an Amazon delivery driver has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years. Mark Ross, 32, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court after being found guilty of killing Claudiu Carol Kondor.