A drug-addicted Ryanair steward who swiped a £500 camera left on a flight was rumbled by the owner who spotted the listing on eBay and reported him to police. Teacher Aaron Galloway, 23, was on a half-term city break to Prague when he left his expensive SLR camera on the seat as he landed in the Czech Republic capital. Ground crew phoned the flight attendants within minutes but cabin crew said there was no sign of the £499 Nikon. Flighty: Ryanair steward Fernando Miguel Andrade Viseu begged Adam Galloway not to report him to police when he replied to a message warning him that he could prove that he was selling stolen goods . When Aaron got home, he went on eBay to find a replacement and was astonished to see his own camera for sale with just 35 minutes left on the auction. He messaged seller Fernando Miguel Andrade Viseu, who confessed to the theft - and admitted being a Ryanair flight attendant. Aaron checked his eBay profile and found Viseu had sold 118 items in the previous few months, including Ray-Ban sunglasses and expensive Skullcandy headphones. Snapshot: Aaron realises that the camera advertised on eBay is the one he left on the flight . Rumbled: Teacher Aaron realises the seller must work for Ryanair and sends over some strong words . 35 minutes to go: The listing that Aaron Galloway found when looking for a replacement camera . The Portuguese-born thief begged Aaron not to tell police and said he would lose his job but officers raided his home near Stansted and found the D5200 Nikon. Viseu was charged with the theft of the camera as well as stealing a Kindle from an unknown owner and pleaded guilty in court. However, he's not being investigated for any other offences at this time or being pursued under the proceeds of crime act. Magistrates in Chelmsford, Essex, ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation programme for six months by the court on March 9 and pay £145 costs. They also imposed a community order and ordered him to do 100 hours of unpaid work. Ryanair have now sacked him. Aaron, a primary school teacher, said: 'When I saw it on Ebay I couldn't believe it. 'I was angry with Ryanair to be honest. How can they not notice someone just taking things off the seats? 'He had deleted everything from the camera - photos of Christmas, of a family member who had passed away and my graduation - all wiped. 'I'd been looking forward to taking lots of photos on my holiday and that was just ruined.' Steward Viseu posing next to a Ryanair plane, left, and Aaron Galloway, right, with his camera in Brighton . Aaron went online when he got back home to Brighton, East Sussex, after his three-night break and was astonished to see his camera. He said: 'That night I decided to check Ebay - I'm not sure what made me do it, but I thought I would just have a look. 'Right there, with just 33 minutes to go, was my camera. 'I knew it was mine because the description with the strap, the lens, the battery, the memory card - all mine. 'It was a three day auction starting the same day I lost my camera, and the item location was Stansted. 'I contact the non-emergency police number but only got through to the switchboard and I was panicking. 'So I thought I had nothing to lose so I messaged the seller, expecting them to just ignore me. 'He admitted he worked for Ryanair and had taken my camera. I was pretty surprised because actually he could have ignored me and there was nothing I could have done. 'But he said he was really sorry.' Begging: Viseu begs teacher Aaron not to report him to police and offers to return the camera . Viseu - who was listed on eBay as fstoffel2013 - sent Aaron a message saying: 'My apologies for this. I'll obviously return the camera to you. 'Please tell me when you return and I will meet you at the terminal. 'Of course my job is important to me. I'll meet you at the terminal or whatever you want to. 'I found the camera at the end of the day and I will return it to you, of course. 'Please, please don't report me.' Aaron added: 'The police initially said they wanted me to organise to go and collect it off him in person, and they would arrest him there. 'But then once I showed them the evidence they went to his home and arrested him there.' A spokesman for Essex Police said: 'We arrested a 34-year-old man from the Stansted area on Friday February 20 on suspicion of theft.'
Teacher Adam Galloway got home and found Nikon on eBay just 35 minutes before end of auction .
He messaged seller who admitted he worked for Ryanair and begged him not to report him to police .
Seller has sold 118 items on eBay including Ray-Ban sunglasses and Skullcandy headphones .
Steward Fernando Miguel Andrade Viseu ordered to attend drug rehabilitation when sentenced for theft .