A postman who was out delivering for Royal Mail asked a young woman in the street if she would give him a blow job for £20. Lea Troth pulled up in his Royal Mail van alongside a young woman walking down a street and wound his window down to say …
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A chef who ended his life by running in front of a lorry on the A11 had left a note asking family and friends to ‘forget about me’, an inquest has heard. Philip Adams, 32, had battled depression and been upset about not seeing his young daughter more often. Mr …
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A Royal Mail worker has denied raping a woman who was allegedly attacked in the street near Exeter University in November. Romanian born Gheorghe Bertlef pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and one of attempted rape when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court. Sorting office worker Bertlef, aged …
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A motorway driver failed an alcohol test when found sleeping on the hard shoulder, city magistrates heard. A small amount of cannabis was also found in the car used by Vishal Rathod, 28, when checked on the M1 near Trowell. It led to a 14-month driving ban and £333 fine …
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Motorcyclist Trevor Elkin lost an arm and suffered five broken ribs in a catastrophic A500 crash – when he was more than twice the drink-drive limit. The 59-year-old suffered the life-changing injury after smashing his Honda motorbike into the central reservation in the middle of the night. Now, just over …
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A businessman who ran a £250,000 fraud involving used stamps being washed and sold on as if new has been jailed for four years. Paul Harrison and wife Samantha supplemented their incomes out of the illegal enterprise and used the proceeds to go on holiday, to buy a BMW and …
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A busy road was closed for hours after a man threw bricks from a building during a stand off with police. Lewis Harrop, 27, who suffers with mental health problems, climbed onto scaffolding on a building on Oldham Road, near the Royal Mail sorting office close to the city centre. …
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A postie hoarded more than 1,000 undelivered parcels and letters in his work locker and his home. William Laurie, 56, from Bridge of Weir, kept packages including Ikea cutlery, a watch and a batch of election polling cards during a two-year spell. He was finally caught out when suspicious Royal …
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A woman with serious mental health problems who abducted a baby from a hospital has finally been sentenced – nearly two years later. Alicia Stewart, now 25, snatched the baby from his mother’s side at the entrance to Hull Royal Infirmary on December 27, 2017. Stewart, originally charged under the …
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Royal Mail and BT have both been fined thousands for roadworks offences committed across Somerset. This comes after the two companies were taken to court by Somerset County Council for breaching several laws while working on roads across the county. Offences included closing a road without notice and failing to …
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