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I_have_spoken

Thieving postman caught by iPad tracking device in Royal Mail sting

A postman who stole £15,000 worth of parcels and sold them on eBay, was caught when Royal Mail investigators put a tracking device on an iPad and traced it to his home.

Andrew Barratt, 49, stole around 400 packages including sat navs, digital cameras and computer games, while on his round. Mr Barratt, who had been a postman for 14 years, was jailed for 15 months.

custardy

Always some sob story

Defending Mr Barratt, Milena Bennett said he had stolen the goods while 'self-medicating' psoriasis with cannabis and amphetamines.

RFW

How thick must you be to use Ebay? It leaves a trail that can be traced forever. They deserve getting locked up for sheer stupidity and laziness above and beyond the actual stealing.

marking_bad

I bet they still refuse compensation to any seller who claims.

"Couldn't get in contact with the buyer"

kurgon

RFW wrote: »

How thick must you be to use Ebay? It leaves a trail that can be traced forever. They deserve getting locked up for sheer stupidity and laziness above and beyond the actual stealing.

How thick do you need to be
a) to come up with the excuse of using cannabis and amphetamines to manage psoriasis
b) to actually incorporate it as a defense

whitegoods_engineer

kurgon wrote: »

How thick do you need to be
a) to come up with the excuse of using cannabis and amphetamines to manage psoriasis
b) to actually incorporate it as a defense

Fully agree. If anything, it should count as further criminality and attract a more punitive sentence.

nicholaswitchell

It always irritates me when they come up with this sort of defense:

"Defending Mr Barratt, Milena Bennett said he had stolen the goods while 'self-medicating' psoriasis with cannabis and amphetamines."

So it's OK to steal if you have confidence issues/depression/health problems is it?

No, it bloody isn't!

Why does a defense solicitor ever go along these lines? Its pathetic.

November2

Wonder if anyone has asked RM why it took two years to catch him stealing mail? Surely it shouldn't take 400 lost parcels to instigate an investigation!

SpammyTheSpammer

Aka Not in a sound mind when committing the offense

That's why that defence is used and not:-

"my client is a thieving little toe-rag"

ps
I am not a lawyer!