A Sheffield Amazon delivery driver who was murdered by drug dealers has left his fiance with a “wounded heart.”

Claudiu-Carol Kondor, a 42 year old Romanian, died after being dragged through a parked car while holding onto the passenger seat of his delivery van on August 20,2024.

Mark Ross,a 32 year old drug addict, was sentenced to 30 years at Leeds Crown Court today.

Ross was a drug addict and owed  £4,000 to drug dealers on the evening of the murder and was out to buy cannabis before he noticed the delivery van.

While Mr Kondor was delivering a parcel, Ross jumped into the driver’s seat of the van filled with Amazon parcels.

Mr Kondor tried to stop him by holding on to the passenger’s seat as Ross sped to the road.

Ross was driving at  60mph in a 20mph zone and dragged Mr Kondor for more than 500 metres resulting in him getting scraped away to a parked car and being fatally injured.

Through investigating information and details from the CCTV,  Ross was identified and arrested on August 21,2024 in charge of Mr Konder’s murder.

At his trial at the Leeds Crown Court, Ross denied murder and claimed to be unaware about Mr Kondor hanging onto the passenger seat door.

Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector James Entwistle said: “It is truly heart-breaking that the life of an honest hard-working man has been snatched away by the cruel and callous actions of Mark Ross.”

In a victim impact statement, his fiance said that,“To Claudiu, life has been beautiful since I met you, you left such a big mark on my heart that I feel you next to me wherever I go. I miss you, I miss us.  

She also said,“I lost the person with whom I planned my whole future. With the loss of Claudiu, his desire to work was also lost because he loved his delivery job, the dream of getting married, buying a house in England, retiring and living a quiet life died.”