A POSTMAN has denied charges relating to undelivered and stolen items of mail.
Andrew Robert McCardle is accused of delaying delivery of 1,721 postal packets, stealing 170 others and also falsely claiming extra payment for door-to-door delivery of UK Independence Party leaflets.
Twenty-one-year-old Mr McCardle, of Derwent Crescent, Hamsterley Village, near Consett, pleaded not guilty to all three charges at Durham Crown Court last Friday.
The hearing was adjourned and Mr McCardle was bailed to return to court on April 4 for a pre-trial hearing, with a provisional trial date of April 11.
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