Postwoman had 5,000 items of mail at home

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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A postwoman who was “out of her depth” with her rounds hoarded thousands of items of mail including Christmas gifts and cards in her Wolverhampton home.

Hannah Moore-Kelly started taking undelivered mail home days after starting her Bilston-based job in December last year.

She was warned she was facing jail after stashing letters and parcels in black bin bags that were found strewn throughout her house when Royal Mail investigators swooped following complaints from the public.

The 21-year-old shredded around 20 letters after bosses were alerted but more than 5,000 items were discovered unopened.

Moore-Kelly, who was living in Carlyle Road, The Scotlands, at the time but has since moved back to her mother’s home in Penn, was employed as a postwoman for six weeks until she was suspended in February, Wolverhampton Magistrates Court heard.

When her delivery office manager visited Moore-Kelly at home, he discovered unopened mail in bins outside, Mr John Dove, prosecuting, said.

“Investigators subsequently went to the address and found mail all over the premises,” Mr Dove added.

Moore-Kelly, now of Wells Road, immediately confessed. She pleaded guilty to delaying the delivery of 5,581 postal packets between December 16, 2010, and February 3, 2011, when she appeared at court yesterday.

Mr Dove said Moore-Kelly had started hoarding mail “days” into the job.

Mr Richard Quinn, defending, said: “She just got out of her depth.

“She took on this job when she was suffering from depression. She had recently lost her grandmother and has bitten off more than she could chew.”

District Judge Graham Wilkinson told Moore-Kelly her actions had upset a lot of people.

“This was Christmas and yet because of you, people weren’t getting their cards, and gifts,” he said.“There would have been a knock-on effect for all sorts of people. You were in a position of trust and you breached it.”

Adjourning the case so a pre-sentence report can be prepared by probation officers, District Judge Wilkinson warned Moore-Kelly she could be jailed.

She was released on unconditional bail to appear before city magistrates to learn her fate on June 21.


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[Lounge Lizard]

"5,581 postal packets" - it would be helpful if we were told how many of there were Door To Doors.

[brothermagrew]

"5,581 postal packets" - it would be helpful if we were told how many of there were Door To Doors.

Why should it matter exactly how many were D2Ds they are, are they not now treated as live mail and have to be accounted for including returns.

[fishtank]

Not to make excuses but it would be interesting to see how much training and support she had starting on the busiest week of the year.
I started on the 11th of December a number of years ago and it was a madhouse of panic and mayhem.

[dvbuk55]

Not to make excuses but it would be interesting to see how much training and support she had starting on the busiest week of the year.
I started on the 11th of December a number of years ago and it was a madhouse of panic and mayhem.

Well can I say you began your Royal Mail career on a very auspicious day ft, that is my birthday.

[Lounge Lizard]

"5,581 postal packets" - it would be helpful if we were told how many of there were Door To Doors.

Why should it matter exactly how many were D2Ds they are, are they not now treated as live mail and have to be accounted for including returns.

No, it wouldn't matter to the postwoman, it's sackable and illegal whatever they are, but to the public 5,581 letters is very serious whereas 81 letters which are important and 5,500 Door To Doors which they would want not to receive is less serious and less damage to Royal Mail's and our reputations.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Postie spared prison by judge

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A postwoman who hoarded more than 5,000 items of mail in her Wolverhampton home has been spared a jail term.

Hannah Moore-Kelly failed to deliver items on a daily basis shortly after starting her job with Royal Mail in December.

Investigators found the undelivered mail in outside bins at the 21-year-old’s home in Carlyle Road, The Scotlands.

Moore-Kelly, who now lives with her mother in Wells Road, Penn, has since been sacked.

She was warned she was facing jail when she appeared at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court last week after pleading guilty to delaying the delivery of 5,581 postal packets.

But District Judge Graham Wilkinson yesterday ordered her to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work. She will also be subject to 12 months of supervision and a 12-month community order.

Mr John Dove, prosecuting, said Royal Mail had spent £430 delivering the recovered mail to its intended addresses.

The judge ordered her to pay the whole cost of redelivering the mail as well as £120 costs.

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[chunk]

Technically she was a postie as she was hired as such. buts really sounds like she was a monumental fail at the job.
Id like to see RM ask the intelligent questions such as who hired them and how can we stop it happening again.

[clashcityrocker]

My DO is probably no different to any of yours.
Largely male with an average age 30-40ish.
You have to ask the questions - where was the WPC, where was the rep, where was the management?
If she was struggling, who did she have to turn to?