TEMPORARY postmen employed by an Eltham sorting office are throwing away mail because they cannot be bothered to deliver it, a law firm manager has claimed.

The Royal Mail have vowed to look into allegations made by Keith Pringle, 50, of Chinbrook Road, Grove Park, that staff made the shock revelation when he phoned to complain about not having received post for more than four weeks.

Mr Pringle said: “First my post had slowed to dribs and drabs and then I got nothing at all.

“After a month of this I phoned the Eltham sorting office and when I said I lived on Chinbrook Road the gentlemen told me they were having serious problems in the area.

“I was told the office had been contracting temporary labour but some of them had been throwing post away instead of delivering it. They had been unable to find who was responsible because the postmen are employed on a day-to-day basis.”

Mr Pringle made his complaint on June 6, and the following day he received a bag full of post, some dated back to April.

But he has not received any more post since then, and has had to make special arrangements to have business letters delivered.

During this time, Mr Pringle has been charged for missing two credit card bills which he had not received.

His wife Lyn celebrated her 50th birthday on May 18 but only got her birthday cards with the batch of mail on June 6.

Mr Pringle said: “I am annoyed by this. I can't be the only one who has suffered from these difficulties.”

A Royal Mail spokesman said: “We are looking into the complaint, and are taking it very seriously.”

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