Alleged perpetrators of an £81 million fraud on the Royal Mail have appeared in court. Eight defendants, including people from Slough, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and London, connected to four logistics companies are accused of abusing a self-declaration system for large postage firms by only declaring around a quarter of the mail …
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Forensic teams are searching a house in Edinburgh in relation to an alleged suspicious package being found at an Edinburgh sorting office. Pictures from the scene show officers in white suits at the house in Broomhall Crescent after the package was discovered at the Royal Mail’s Sighthill depot. Spike Woodbridge, …
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A postal worker stole money, vouchers and scratchcards from Christmas cards at a Gateshead sorting office during the Royal Mail’s busiest month of the year, a court heard. Keith Miller helped himself to postal packets over the “Christmas pressure period” in December 2019. The Newcastle grandad targeted festive greetings cards …
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A Talbot Green man has been jailed after the Royal Mail discovered hundreds of ecstasy tablets in the post. Damien Drab, 29, was arrested after a parcel containing 208 ecstasy tablets sent from the Netherlands was intercepted by the UK Border Agency. After searching his home, police also found cash, …
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A murderer from Hull has been given a Queen’s Pardon after tackling a terrorist who killed two people in an attack at London Bridge. Steven Gallant is now set to be freed early because of his heroic actions to stop terrorist Usman Khan during his attacks in the heart of …
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An Aston Villa fan who admitted assaulting a nine-year-old Manchester City supporter after a cup final defeat is facing an internal probe my his employers Royal Mail. Postman Simon Ebdon was handed a three-year football banning order and ordered to carry out 80-hours community service after punching the lad in …
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Astonished residents across the Forest of Dean were stunned to receive anonymous letters in the post accusing their local council of “false and fraudulent cost claims”. This week Royal Mail posties delivered envelopes containing five page mailshots which claimed top barristers and lawyers were launching a mass action against the …
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A former Royal Marine Commando and bodyguard to A-list stars was found hanging in full military uniform, following a battle with PTSD, an inquest heard. Corporal Ashley Bernard Nickless was discovered by a friend at his home in Llysfaen, in Conwy, on November 22 2019, after she became concerned by …
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An Amazon delivery driver has been warned to face a long jail sentence after being found guilty of raping a teenager in an alleyway as she walked home from a night club. Gheorghe Bertlef stalked the 18-year-old through the streets of Exeter before manhandling her into the alley off Hoopern …
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A Royal Mail worker allegedly raped a young woman in an alleyway after accosting her as she walked home from a night club. Gheorghe Bertlef kissed and had sex with the woman even though she told him not to and pleaded to be allowed to carry on home, Exeter Crown …
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