Postman who couldn't read the addresses dumped mail

A dyslexic postman drove 35 miles to dump his mail because he could not read the addresses on the envelopes.

Ryan Sainsbury, 22, had so much difficulty making out names and addresses that his round took far longer than it should. He drove into the next county and dumped hundreds of packages in the countryside, a court was told.

Timothy Forster, in mitigation, said: “He found himself in the job which he feels with hindsight he wasn’t given enough training for. He discovered very, very quickly he was unable to fulfil his required deliveries in the time he was given. It was never his case he was hoping to get home early but he was always doing the rounds beyond the time he should.

“He suffers from dyslexia, which he told the Post Office.”