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Worried about email that disappears into the cyber black hole? Just make sure your snailmail isn’t delivered by an overworked postman.
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A Scottish postman working in Germany hoarded at least 20 000 letters at home because he felt his work was too taxing.
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The postman in Frankfurt was caught when a neighbour saw him tipping a mail delivery into a rubbish bin and alerted police.
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“It’s worth mentioning the 23-year-old didn't deliver mail addressed to himself either,” local police said in a statement.
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Investigating officers found rubbish bags and boxes full of letters and other post stashed around the man’s flat and cellar.
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He told police he had got behind with deliveries because of his night school studies and felt too “overtaxed” to catch up.
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Police said at a conservative estimate, the hoard, which the man had built up over a year, comprised at least 20 000 letters. Two vans were needed to remove it.
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