Royal Mail worker who died at Quedgeley delivery office named as statement released

Royal Mail has released a statement after the death of an employee at its Quedgeley delivery office.

The worker has been named as Iain Appleby. He was 53.

A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “Iain was a much valued member of the local team and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time. Iain’s colleagues are being supported by the local Safety, Health and Environment and occupational health teams.”    

Mr Appleby was found unresponsive in the toilets by a colleague on Friday morning and it’s believed he was there overnight before being found, a spokesman for the Gloucestershire coroner said.

The death is not being treated as suspicious.

“There are no suspicious circumstances and at this stage it appears the gentleman has suffered some sort of medical event,” the spokesman said.

“A postmortem will be carried out on his body next Wednesday to determine cause of death.”

A Gloucestershire police spokeswoman said: “Police were called to Olympus Park in Gloucester shortly before 7.50am on Friday morning following reports that the body of a man had been found.

“The death is being treated as non-suspicious at this time and the man’s next of kin have been informed.

“A file is being prepared for the coroner.”