Morayfield woman crushed after theft of medieval wedding dress

A Queensland woman has begged for the return of her late mother’s wedding dress that she’s due to wear at her own wedding next month after it was inside her car when it was stolen yesterday.

Freya Pinney's stolen car that had her wedding dress inside.

A MORAYFIELD woman has broken down in tears pleading for the return of a sentimental dress she was due to wear at her wedding before it was stolen along with her car this week.

Freya Pinney was devastated over the theft of the medieval dress.

“My mother was a costume designer and she was an incredible seamstress,” she said.

“She made the dress for my high school formal, and then my mum got married in 2001 and she wore the dress for her wedding.”

Freya Pinney in the dress at her school formal, and her mum Lizzie in the dress at her wedding in 2001.

Since then, both Ms Pinney’s mother and her husband passed away after battles with cancer.

“It was so special to me that the dress would be at my wedding and it would be that connection to my mum. The whole wedding has been planned around that dress,” she said.

The white Kia Sportage was stolen from the front of Ms Pinney’s house yesterday morning, and also contained a collection of feathers and rocks belonging to her 10-year-old autistic son.

Freya Pinney's car that was stolen from Morayfield.

“The car’s insured and other things in the car we can replace, but things that I’ve been really upset and crying about have been the dress and the car key ring itself because my son gave it to me,” she said.

“They’re things that to other people might seem insignificant but to me, meant the world.”

The dress was inside a Spotlight bag, and Ms Pinney is hoping the vehicle gets dumped and is reported to police before her big day.

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“I’ve got three weeks until this wedding so I’m hoping it’s found in that time,” she said.

Ms Pinney’s partner Stephanie will be wearing a complementary dress to the missing dress, and the couple are desperate for its return ahead of their Celtic medieval wedding.

“You don’t realise what things mean to you until they’re gone,” she said.

“It’s not about not having a wedding dress - it’s about this dress.”