Mailman busted in London

jeffy777 · April 11th, 2006, 9:20 AM

I wonder if any of our friends in the UK were affected by this lazy (and greedy) mailman:

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LONDON - A mailman who hoarded thousands of letters and parcels at his home was jailed for four months on Friday. Christopher Meek, 19, admitted hoarding 13,819 postal items, saying he had taken them home because his mailbag was too heavy for him to carry.

He was arrested in December after the Royal Mail received complaints from people who had not received Christmas gifts sent through the mail, prosecutors told Sunderland Magistrates' Court in northern England.

Meek opened more than 1,400 of the items and stole the contents, including compact disks and DVDs, jewelry and gift vouchers, prosecutors said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12247565/

Can you imagine how much trouble that would cause?

If you live in London and wonder whatever happened to that birthday present that was "lost" in the mail, now you know! images/smilies/lol.gif

Janus · April 11th, 2006, 9:23 AM

When I was in London last I watched a special report on the news about the dodgy mailmen. They sent a guy in undercover as a new employee and within 2 weeks all the other employees were explaining how they steal credit and bank cards from the mail, fly to the US for next to nothing, rack up thousands of pounds of charges and then fly back. The US authories don't bother chasing it up.

jensked · April 11th, 2006, 10:05 AM

Meh that happens every year in Belgium. At least once a year they discover such a postman here images/smilies/smile.gif

jeffy777 · April 11th, 2006, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jensked

Meh that happens every year in Belgium. At least once a year they discover such a postman here images/smilies/smile.gif

wow, really? That must really suck to be frequently having your mail picked off by some lamer.

hajj · April 11th, 2006, 10:31 AM

Royal Mail is rather ineffective anyway, they lose quite a lot of their mail. Therefore it would be difficult to get caught if you steal only a few letters every day. But he simply overdid it.

April 11th, 2006, 9:23 AM	#2
Janus Joined: Apr 20th, 2005 Last Online: November 15th, 2009 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 25 Posts: 1,348 Rep Power: 21	When I was in London last I watched a special report on the news about the dodgy mailmen. They sent a guy in undercover as a new employee and within 2 weeks all the other employees were explaining how they steal credit and bank cards from the mail, fly to the US for next to nothing, rack up thousands of pounds of charges and then fly back. The US authories don't bother chasing it up. __________________ "Hopefully once petrol hits $2.50 per litre all the 18 year olds with riced up Nismos wont be able to afford to drive their neon-clad tard rockets around at 200km/h anymore, and it will be back to the good old days of riding a donkey to school."

April 11th, 2006, 10:05 AM	#3
jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 26 Posts: 4,056 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 49	Meh that happens every year in Belgium. At least once a year they discover such a postman here __________________

April 11th, 2006, 10:31 AM	#5
hajj Joined: Mar 29th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,871 Rep Power: 24	Royal Mail is rather ineffective anyway, they lose quite a lot of their mail. Therefore it would be difficult to get caught if you steal only a few letters every day. But he simply overdid it. __________________ Global Warming isn't working - I am FREEZING!!

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