Tag Archives: Courts

A foolish student who bought a stun gun online had it intercepted by Royal Mail security staff before it emerged it was capable of discharging one million volts. Siobhan Patrick, 22, purchased the “multi-functional” torch on the internet from Singapore. It had a number of features on it and was …

A prolific criminal has been jailed for 10 months after he and an accomplice snatched parcels from the back of a Royal Mail van in Bradford . The duo struck last month while the vehicle was parked up in Westgate in Bradford city centre. A court heard that they were …

A Hartcliffe man appeared in court after ordering an illegal weapon over the internet.  Charlie Bevan, of Collinson Road, imported a butterfly knife because he has a “penchant” for weaponry. Butterfly knives, or balisongs, originate from the Philippines. The folding pocketknives conceal their blade when closed. Bevan, 27, appeared in …

A counterfeit currency crook who evaded capture for four years has been jailed after his DNA was found at the scene of a Bristol burglary. James Ryan, alias Sam Quilligan, was one of four men stopped by police on the M5 back in October 2015. They were all involved in …

Royal Mail has stopped deliveries to a Southmead man’s home after his son’s dog bit a postwoman. Steven Wood appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court after the American Bulldog sunk its teeth into Gemma Notton’s calf. The 66-year-old, of Glencoyne Square, admitted being in charge of a dangerously out of control …

A Royal Mail worker of 17 years has admitted stealing people’s post. Mark Foster,of Park Street, St Helens, stole high value items like phones and watches and sold the products on eBay afterward. The 39-year-old, pleaded guilty to stealing postal packets between November 1, 2018, and August 20, 2019, in …

A postal worker in Yate has avoided being sent to prison after he was found to have stolen scores of letters containing gift cards and cash. Daniel Cole kept the letters and later spent the gift cards at stores in and around Bristol, magistrates heard. The 39-year-old, from Nibletts Hill …

A Royal Mail postman on his delivery rounds asked a young woman in the street if she would give him oral sex for £20. Postman Lea Troth pulled up in his Royal Mail van alongside a young woman walking down a street and wound his window down and said: “Will …

A postman asked a young woman if she would perform a sex act on him while he was at work for £20. Lea Troth pulled alongside the woman who was walking down a street and wound his window down while he was working. After she refused, he asked her to …

A postal worker asked a young woman in the street if she would perform a sex act on him for £20. The brazen request from depraved postie Lea Troth came as he was on his rounds. The twisted postman pulled up in his Royal Mail van alongside a young woman …