Dundee postal worker caught stealing money and cards following 'sting'

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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A postie caught stealing money and cards from mail he had been entrusted to deliver blamed his mother’s bingo habits for his crimes.

Paul Heaney had worked for Royal Mail for 20 years as a delivery worker based in Dundee before an anonymous tip-off stopped him in his tracks.

He pleaded guilty – via letter – to four charges of stealing items of mail over a two-year period at the city’s sheriff court on Friday morning.

His haul included money, gift cards, surcharge cards and postal packets.


Depute fiscal Joanne Smith told the court Heaney was rumbled after staff at the Dundee west delivery office were alerted by a concerned and anonymous source.

Heaney came clean during a subsequent investigation after “dummy” envelopes planted in the delivery office were found open in his mailbag.

[Lounge Lizard]

"blamed his mother’s bingo habits for his crimes" - yes, there's always an excuse.