A Royal Mail employee from Lancashire stole £6,000 worth of items over a period of six months while working, a court heard.
Court documents reveal that Laura Whalley, 38, stole more than 8,000 postal packets between December 30, 2019 and June 18, 2020.
The documents state that Ms Whalley committed a ‘breach of trust’ and that there was ‘no regard for the recipients of the items’.
She has been ordered to pay £2,903 in compensation and was given a suspended prison sentence for the thefts - which took place in South Cumbria.
Nigel Nelson, one of the many people who reported post going astray, believed the sentence should have been tougher.