Pilfering postie avoids jail term

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A thieving Black Country postman has avoided going to jail after pleading guilty to plundering over £10,000 worth of gifts by deliberately targeting cards and parcels he assumed held birthday presents.

Pilfering Paul Nicholls systematically stole up to 10 items a day from the mail for six years, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard yesterday.

The 51-year-old postman took them from the delivery rounds of colleagues in a bid to deflect suspicion from himself, revealed prosecutor John Dove.

Nicholls was caught in May 2010 after being spotted taking a greetings card from mail due to be distributed by another postman at the Brierley Hill sorting office where he worked, the court heard. Investigators found £2,200 worth of stolen gifts at his home.

Nicholls from Shenstone Avenue, Norton, Stourbridge, admitted stealing post between 2004 and May last year. He was given a one year prison sentence suspended under supervision for 18 months.


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