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Article: eBay junk Mail thief spared jail ; When most people receive junk mail it goes straight in the bin.
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- Hull Daily Mail (UK)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2008
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When most people receive junk mail it goes straight in the bin.
But when postal worker Jamie Coult saw it piling up at Harpings
Road sorting office in west Hull he decided to steal it and sell it
on eBay.
The former postman stole the junk mail which included money off
vouchers for Lurpak, Pampers, McCains chips and Wetherspoons.
He sold them in bulk to customers on eBay and even sent the
coupons off to people using prepaid Royal Mail envelopes.
Coult, 36, of Wadsworth Avenue, north Hull, had worked for the
Royal Mail for 13 years initially as a postman and latterly as a
managerial support officer.
For a three month period between April 24 and July 31 last year
Coult sold the vouchers for ...