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■A.ROYAL:MAIL manager stole more than £8,000 from, special delivery packages after running up personal debts of .' more than £23,000.-


, _ .ii ■ ■ Blackburn magistrates heard


tha t iP a u l ; Raymond vMoss attempted to cover, his tracks by reporting some of. the missing ' packages himself. \


i-iKs:;; to transport guests to a Ribble iValley. - , wedding.


' , - ' It was a case of all aboard for family •:


Nif f -M^and friends travelling to see •William P : Crossley and Clau-e Ellis ? publicans a t : Clitheroe's ] ^ t e Lion 7 get married. ^


■ 1^//’' --First stop for the 1955s^^ was the Market Place pub where.it ;


j A RED London bus was just the ticket .• picked up the bride and groom, togeth-. ,er with all their guests., . -


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i --.'And i ts final destination>was the 'Msditon Fold Hotel where the ceremo^. ny took place.


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1 "rPictured are the happy couple on 1 their way to their, wedding in the 1950s double decker.


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rvtf'But investigators using covert, cameras were eventually able to catch Moss in the act of emptying packages at the Clitheroe sorting office. Moss (33), of New Wellington


Close, Blackburn; pleaded guilty : to eight charges of theft and asked for one to be taken into cpnsideraf-: tion.


, = He was sentenced to.40 weeks -


in prison suspended for two years and ordered .to do ;180-. hours


'unpaid work. The court heard that cash sums of £2,000, £421 a n d i£ l ,000.were among those stolen. One package contained 2,000


Australian dollars, 2,000 Egypt- ian pounds and 15,000 South African Rand.


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; . Another, contained 1,000 Amer­ ican dollars.


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„:l 'Mr Kevin Preston (prosecut- ■ ing) said Moss admitted the offences when interviewed by investigators.'


:i' “He' said he was using the money to put towards his debts,


■ but he also admitted spending on presents and u'sing-£500 for a deposit on a liew car,”-said Mr Preston.


:;:;Mr Michael Blacklidge (defend- -ing) said Moss had always been a


: hard-working indi-vidual who had paid his way. He said the father-of-four and


his wife had fallen into the nega­ tive equity trap after busing their house when prices were at their highest.


.! . “He may have been able to cope v : with that,-but not . when his wife


V was unable.to work,” said Mr Blacklidge.


• . “Suddenly they^didn’t have


■ enough to cover.what was going, . out and debts built up. ..“Because of tha t downward


spiral he succumbed to tempta-- tion.


•! /.‘Despite these.difficulties he and his wife are very strong in


' their: relationship,”^ said Mr • / Blacklidge.. “ He has let his wife and his fam- .•


ily down and he has no intention " of doing that again.”


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