A postman who stole money donated to a cancer charity was trapped by a determined customer who had also been ripped off by him.

Antony Davis (left), from Kingsteignton, was given a suspended jail sentence by Exeter magistrates on Wednesday after he admitted four theft charges of mail bags and postal packets during a year-long period.

The magistrates heard that it will never be known how much he stole during his job as a postman and working in a sorting office.

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