Tag Archives: Courts

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 …

A lorry driver who crashed into the back of a truck on the M25 may not have been wearing his seatbelt. Kevin Thompson, 57, from Bedfordshire died after the lorry he was driving smashed into the back of a Royal Mail vehicle on the motorway earlier this year. The M25 …

Police found cannabis plants growing in a man’s bedroom after neighbours called 999 to raise the alarm over suspected burglars at a Grimsby home. When officers arrived they found the plants and later arrested Shaun Bradley at his work. His phone was full of text messages relating to drug deals. …

The number of dog attacks on postmen and women has leapt by 73 per cent in just one year, new figures show. The statistics, released after Royal Mail prosecuted a dog-sitter for letting a Jack Russell get out and bite a postman’s groin , show there were 133 attacks on …

A Kent postman was fired from his job after being just one minute late with a special delivery. Robert Lockyer, from Ashford, was based at the local delivery office in Tannery Lane and had worked for Royal Mail for 28 years. In October last year, he was dismissed after management …

A thieving postie who gambled away a £110,000 inheritance ended up stealing packets containing cash and credit cards. Father-of-two Peter McAvoy, from Sittingbourne also blew the proceeds from the sale of his home after his gambling addiction wrecked his marriage, a judge heard. Peter McAvoy, narrowly avoided jail But the …

An off-duty postman was driving so fast police could not keep up with him as he raced another driver at up to 155mph. Father-of-two Daniel Grantham’s “two minutes of madness” began when he was goaded by a stranger in another car. A police officer gave chase from junction 26 of …

A “mean and despicable” burglar raided a nurses’ staff room at Hull Royal Infirmary, then smashed through the car park barrier when stealing one of their cars. Ashley Taylor, 28, entered the third-floor staff room on December 29 last year while the nurses were on night duty, prosecutor David Bradshaw …

An inquest into the death of the victim of a lorry collision in Mere Street is due to open tomorrow. Emergency services were called at around 2.30pm on July 16 to reports of an incident at the roundabout near Morrisons, Diss. The victim, Maureen Self, 75, had been involved in …

A 40-year-old man whose careless driving caused a pensioner’s death in the Cotswolds has avoided jail after an unusual plea for mercy – from the victim’s own family. The district judge who sentenced Richard Allison commented on how uncommon it was for grieving relatives of a crash victim not to …