Puny postman fined after dumping his mail heavy bag

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Puny postman fined after dumping his mail bag because it was 'too heavy'

Court hears Sandeep Singh, 27, lost three-and-a-half stone following the break-up of his girlfriend and then refused to deliver mail because he was too weak

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A weedy postman who dumped hundreds of letters because he claimed they were too heavy has been fined more than £2,300.

Sandeep Singh, 27, refused to deliver mail on his rounds in Nottingham because he was too weak to carry around his Royal Mail bag.

A court heard the skinny postie had lost three-and-a-half stone following the break-up of his girlfriend, which affected the amount of bags he could carry.

Rather than struggle with the heavy sack Singh took out parcels and either threw them away or hoarded them at his home or in his car.

JPs were told he dumped 229 letters in bins in the space of three weeks which he considered "unimportant junk mail" to help lighten his load.


He also kept 50 pieces of mail in his car boot and in his bedroom at his property in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire.

On Thursday, Singh was spared jail after he pleaded guilty to theft and delaying the delivery of post at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.

He was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and must pay court costs of £2,302, compensation of £22.32 and a victim surcharge of £60.

Sentencing, chairman of the bench Geoffrey Walker said: "Theft and deprivation of any sort is not pleasant for anybody.

"You were paid to do a job which you failed to do.

"However, we don't believe that the acts you carried out were of the sort we often hear of, where it is a malicious act in order to deprive people of money.

"It was foolish, I think, rather than malicious."

The court heard Singh had been a postman for only seven months when his actions were discovered in August last year.

He was caught out when binmen discovered piles of post when emptying the bins and he was sacked from his job.

The disgraced postman later told police he was struggling with the heavy bags and regularly took out items to throw away.

Paul Wright, prosecuting, said: "He said he was struggling with his duties.

"He often found the bags so heavy that he took out items he thought were unimportant.

"A large amount were classed as 'downstream access mail', often used by big companies. They often contain marketing information.

"But, by the same token, that same method of mail is used to deliver your phone bill, bank statements and credit card bills.

"All the items were personally addressed to individuals by name."

None of the 279 letters Singh failed to deliver were opened and the postie made no financial gain from the thefts.

David Henson, defending, said he had broken up with his girlfriend and had lost a large amount of weight, which could have contributed to his problems in carrying his mailbags.

He said: "The [break-up] had a traumatic effect on him and he lost three-and-a-half stone.

"I wonder if that had an effect on the amount of bags he could carry on his rounds.

"He tried to sift out the items he thought would not be lost to people - things the majority of people would call junk mail. Some of it wasn't but a lot of it was.

"He pleaded guilty on the first occasion and has never been in trouble before."

After the case a spokeswoman for Royal Mail said: "Royal Mail has a zero tolerance approach to any dishonesty.

"The safety and security of mail is of the utmost importance to this business and Royal Mail will not allow the actions of any individual to damage the good reputation of our thousands of hard-working postmen and women."

[wabbithunta]

So much for being trained, let alone being informed about using the correct equipment for the job!

[Claudiasdad]

Silly silly boy

[datasaint]

Sheer laziness and contempt for the job, trying to hide behind a feeble excuse.

[leadseal]

Sandeep, but sadly not Nutsdeep anymore

[POSTMAN]

Sandeep, but sadly not Nutsdeep anymore

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