Postie Pam’s bike stolen
Road in Sunderland, her bike was stolen after the lock was cut from where it was secured to a lamppost.
The theft happened on Thursday, May 6 at about 2.45pm, with Pam leaving it secured for just a matter of minutes before it was taken.
Pam, from the Ford Estate, said: “I am delivering to all kinds of vulnerable people who are having to self isolate through having illnesses.
“I am trying to do my best and I am working hard to try to get as many parcels to vulnerable people as possible.
“I can’t go in the post van at the moment because of social distancing, so I am using my bike to get around on delivery.
“It was chained to a lamppost while I was delivering mail and I was only gone for 15minutes before I came back to find the lock had been cut.”
The electric bike is worth £1,000 and had been bought in September 2019 through the Royal Mail’s cycle to work scheme, meaning that Pam is still having to pay for a bike she no longer has.
It had been secured with a special lock which Pam said looks as though it was cut with an angle grinder in order to remove it. Because of where it was positioned, Pam said there is no CCTV pointing the right way.
Pam said: “I am putting myself at risk delivering mail and this has happened.
“It has been quite difficult for us (post workers) during this hard time and having to social distance, so I was really upset.”
A Just Giving Page has now been set up by Pam’s daughter Lian Maltas to raise £900 to buy a new bike, which has so fair raised £335. To donate to the fundraiser visit: https:// www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/pamthepostie