Royal Mail worker Mark Emery stole £2,000 of vehicle parts

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A ROYAL Mail employee fraudulently ordered £2,000 of vehicle parts for himself and others on a company account.

Mark Emery, an employee for more than 14 years, ordered the parts to the company's Gatwick base where its fleet is serviced.

The offences came to light after several items were ordered which did not fit in with the Royal Mail's fleet.

Between September 2012 and March 2013 eight orders were placed using a password only Emery knew.

The 44-year-old, who lives in Hailsham, East Sussex, made a "full and frank admission" to these offences when interviewed by Royal Mail investigators.

Subsequent enquiries found there were "significantly more" invoices.

A total of 35 items were identified as having been fraudulently ordered by Emery.

He accepted responsibility for 23 of them initially but later admitted he had ordered all of them.

District Judge William Ashworth, sitting at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday, heard how Royal Mail spent 85-and-a-half hours investigating the crime.

The defendant has paid the majority of the £2,115.50 spent on the car parts back to Royal Mail, but still has £541.90 outstanding.

Mr Ashworth told Emery, who he heard was of previous good character: "If you steal from your employer it's a very serious offence.

"However, you haven't stolen money before."

Emery, who pleaded guilty to making false representations, was given a 12-month community order and must carry out 100 hours of unpaid work. He must also pay £940 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.

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