Bristol PO worker jailed for stealing from the elderly

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Bristol Post Office worker jailed for stealing hundreds of pounds from the elderly he served

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A Post Office worker has been jailed for stealing cash from six of his elderly customers.

When the men and women in their 80s and 90s asked for money to be withdrawn from their accounts, sneaky Mohammed Ahmed took out extra and pocketed as much as £150 for himself.

Avon and Somerset police said the 32-year-old from Easton was jailed for 48 weeks at North Avon Magistrates’ Court, after admitting three counts of theft and asking for another three similar offences to be taken into consideration.

His offending was carried out while he was working on the counter at a franchised branch of the Post Office in Quakers Road, Bromley Heath, Downend, between October and December, 2011, and between March and April, 2013.

South Gloucestershire DC, Celia White, said: “This case has put a lot of stress onto six very elderly and vulnerable people who used this franchised branch of the Post Office as a trusted way of managing their money locally.

“At the time the youngest victim in the case was 85 and the oldest was 93. When they withdrew cash using the Post Office counter the defendant withdrew extra amounts ranging from £20 to £150.”

[baldrick]

He worked at a franchised branch, so presumably he was not a Post Office worker, but an employee of the franchisee.

[UnhappyGremlin]

He worked at a franchised branch, so presumably he was not a Post Office worker, but an employee of the franchisee.

True, but a technicality.
Plus, you have to take into account the general stupidity of readers who won't understand the difference, even if the paper bothered to explain it.

[Red Robbo]

He worked at a franchised branch, so presumably he was not a Post Office worker, but an employee of the franchisee.

True, but a technicality.
Plus, you have to take into account the general stupidity of readers who won't understand the difference, even if the paper bothered to explain it.

The headline on a bill board would sell papers so why would they bother to explain it, I must admit when I logged on it caught my eye, until I read the publication and then knew it was not what I thought it was.

[Judgee]

What complete and utter scum. Hope he makes some new friends inside that don't take kindly to tossers abusing the elderly.