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Postman who hated early starts is jailed for stashing 6,000 letters
Alison Richards2 Oct 2009
A postman who hid almost 6,000 letters and parcels because he could not be bothered to get up to deliver them has been jailed.
When Nicholas Moore, 28, had slept in and was running late he would stash the post in the boot of his car, his mother's attic and in a basement at a shop where he also worked.
A shop worker spotted shredded letters, including bank cards, cheques and theatre tickets. Moore, from Latchingdon, Essex, admitted he had been hiding post for five months.
He was jailed for four months yesterday at Chelmsford crown court after admitting theft of 5,877 letters and parcels and destroying 100 between August 2007 and January last year.
Anthony Lenaghan, prosecuting on behalf of Royal Mail, said Moore made “full and frank admissions”.
He said Moore told him, “I hated getting up and started taking a bundle of mail every now and again. If I wanted to get home I took a bag of mail and put in the boot of my car. I panicked and did not know what to do. I hid it in my parents' loft without their knowledge. I dug myself in a really deep hole”.
Moore left Royal Mail to work at a Tottenham Hotspur shop in Chelmsford. When his mother was planning to clear out the loft he moved the post to the store.
Sentencing Moore, Recorder David Holborn said: “This is not the classic case of a Royal Mail worker stealing for gain.”
Royal Mail said: “Royal Mail has a zero tolerance approach to dishonesty.”
Reader views (9)
I refer to C.Cusano's comments "And they want a pay rise"!! What a ridiculous comment. So if someone was caught stealing at your place of work, I take it you would be happy if your employer refused you a pay rise due to this reason.
- Mark, London, 22/10/2009 17:24
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If I looked like Bob Crow I would want to stay in bed all day.
- John K, London, 02/10/2009 15:43
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...where he will lay in bed all day getting lazier
- Mr Opinion, london, 02/10/2009 13:41
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I have gone back to Uni to enhance my options, and it has cost me a fortune. I have to commute for over an hour each way but still get there on time for lectures. How someone can't get their bum out of bed, whatever the time, is beyond me. I am glad the courts are showing strength in punishing people who are just basically lazy.
- Rod, Epping, UK, 02/10/2009 13:00
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Obviously what he has done isnt right but surely there are other 'criminals' that deserve his place in jail more than this idle idiot.
If he had stabbed/shot/raped/mugged someone, he'd probably have got a lesser sentence!
- H Wilson, Chelmsford, 02/10/2009 12:31
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And they want a pay rise!!
- C Cusano, Bedford, 02/10/2009 11:20
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I never send anything valuable by Royal Mail as I have have a variety of items stolen incluing a driving licence.
- Michael, Glasgow, 02/10/2009 10:46
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“This is not the classic case of a Royal Mail worker stealing for gain.”
So they even admit it happens frequently? Unbelievable.
- Bob, Cheam, 02/10/2009 10:14
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Lazy git.
- Isabel, Woking, 02/10/2009 10:04
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