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, McCain 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 butter and beer on eBay.

Investigators noticed that vouchers were being sold on eBay

and began an investigation.

He pleaded guilty to three counts of theft at Hull Crown

Court.

Recorder Rodney Jameson QC sentenced him to a 12 month

community order and ordered that he undertake 100 hours of

unpaid work in the community.

He was also ordered to pay £1,000 court costs.