Our experience of Isle of Wight postal workers has always been very positive, finding them decent and hardworking, so it was unexpected to see the CP report today of a postman going before Isle of Wight magistrates, accused of stealing thousands of letters from Royal Mail.
The report states the man from Wootton was last week accused of stealing a massive 2,749 addressed postal packets and 1,911 postal packets addressed to Royal Mail Group over the last five and a half years.
Amongst the items alleged to have been stolen were a handheld steamer, memory card and a computer tablet belonging to Royal Mail.
No plea was entered by the accused and he was granted unconditional bail.
