A POST Office worker stole almost £1,000 in cash and food from his employer. Ian Doe, of Woodlands Way, Hastings, had been working as a part-time assistant at the combined post office and village shop in Burwash, near Battle, when he committed the crime in 2019. He appeared at Hove Crown Court on Wednesday, having pleaded guilty to the theft of £976 in cash and food from the Post Office shop. The 50-year-old was sentenced to 14 months in prison suspended for two years and ordered to pay £2,000 in compensation to the owner, plus £400 in costs and to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and 20 hours rehabilitation work.
A Hastings man has been sentenced for thefts from an East Sussex post office where he worked.
Thursday, 7th January 2021, 4:19 pm
Police said Ian Doe, 50, of Woodlands Way, was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment suspended for two years at Hove Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday, January 6), having previously pleaded guilty to the theft of £976 cash and food from the post office at Burwash in 2019.
He was also ordered to pay £2,000 compensation to the owner of the Post Office, plus £400 costs, to carry out 200 hours unpaid work, 20 hours rehabilitation work, and to make a donation to Witness Care.
Police said Doe was working as a part-time assistant at the combined post office and village shop in the village, for the Post Office sub-postmaster who also runs the shop.