Caught Stealing ! ! !

[calpsy]

No not me ....... I bet a few wished it was after the last couple of days lol .

No . A guy was caught stealing birthday cards for money , DVDs etc . His house was searched and lots was found .

Wont go into great detail . Only want to know if this has happened in your office and what happens ?

No-one in our office knows what will happen .

[jcjd]

With a bit of luck he will get what he deserves and a stint in prison

[calpsy]

Well thats what we are ALL hoping for but some reckon community service

[dohnut]

Happens all the time in my office, the job has such a high turnover of staff that they dont care or vet them properly.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Depends on how much he stole and how much mail was damaged or delayed.

Some have received prison terms but they are the exception. Most, according to different news items on here get Community Service and/or a suspended sentence.

The good bit is if they are guilty they'll find it hard to get a job beyond shelf stacking at the local store.

[BELIAL]

No-one in our office knows what will happen .

Why am I not utterly gobsmacked by your complete and utter ignorance and could I give a minor tug

[DGP1]

The good bit is if they are guilty they'll find it hard to get a job beyond shelf stacking at the local store.

Most stores are very particular about employing thieves but I'm sure they'd have a great future in the banking industry

[End of the road]

We had one do it last year, nicked a few things including his mothers credit card and he got 15 months in the big house. The fact he also worked when we where all on strike is a good indication of the kind of bloke he was .

It depends how much, how often and who he stole from, RM do not like the bad publicity this brings with it . I think most of us regard those who tamper with the mail as scum who get us all a bad name and they should prosecute all of them. The courts take a very dim view on mail thieves and most if not all I have known about in the last twenty odd years have gone down.

Time was when we where checked out, tested and you could leave stuff laid around, not any more

[haveagojoe]

We had one scumbag in our office over 10,000 items in his house and locked in 3 hct's in the garage in work the fool got 10 months.

[DGP1]

ALL the managers etc are completely ignorant ??

If you've read any of the thousands of posts made on this forum then you'd know that we think of most managers like that.

[DGP1]

I really don't understand why people do this, once you start you then have to keep doing it for fear of getting caught whenever someone else covers that duty (if items go missing when the regular person but not when the cover is on it then it sticks out like a sore thumb).

[97gaz]

They will definitely prosecute. If it's proved he's been doing it a lot and for a while I guess he'll get 12 months.
We had one last year who'd been dipping into the locker float and opening cards to get cash for drink. her brief laid it on thick about her breakup with her boyfriend, her best mate had emigrated and her drink problem and she got community service. we were disappointed thats all she got.

[calpsy]

There was a shitload of stuff in his house . EVERYTHING he would need for identity fraud .... bank and credit cards and statements etc .

Thing is .......... obviously its all opened .......... its now all individually put into " our sincere apologies " bags and we have to deliver it . Birthday crads ripped open and delivered without the money

[thehappyones]

glasgow mail centre has had loads of tea leaf managers included.........IB have been busy!,i think it seems to be if you start creating a trail thats when the IB alarm starts ringing whearas if you robbed once youd probably get away wif it!!

[TrueBlueTerrier]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8061575.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Jason Backhouse, 38, from Colchester, was given a 12-month sentence at Ipswich Crown Court.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... _for_theft" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Spragg was sentenced to three months' jail for each of the four offences to run consecutively - a total of 12 months.There were no costs or compensation. Magistrates gave him credit for guilty pleas.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -21418849/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; He was given a six month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to do 200 hours' unpaid work.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/102 ... day-money-" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A POSTMAN who stole cash from children’s birthday cards and from letters containing donations to charity was jailed for a year yesterday.

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/ev ... 3A27%3A603" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A POSTMAN has been jailed for a year after he stole DVDs from parcels and sold them on the internet, raking in more than £3,000.

These stories on the internet may give you some guidance on what happens and how much bird they might do. Plenty of other stories as well http://news.google.co.uk/news?um=1&ned= ... man+Jailed" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;