{"id":112799,"date":"2021-02-14T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=112799"},"modified":"2021-02-14T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T16:00:39","slug":"oap-left-lying-in-snow-after-postman-refused-to-help-her-up-says-he-still-hasnt-apologised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/oap-left-lying-in-snow-after-postman-refused-to-help-her-up-says-he-still-hasnt-apologised\/","title":{"rendered":"OAP left lying in snow after postman refused to help her up says he STILL hasn't apologised"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE family of a pensioner with bone disease left lying in the snow for 20 minutes by a postman have revealed he still hasn't apologised.<\/p>\n

Patricia Stewart, 72, said the Royal Mail worker watched her fall during the coldest February since 1955 then walked off claiming he was "too knackered" to help. <\/p>\n


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Shocking footage shows him looking down at the gran-of-two saying "I can't help you pal", despite her pleas for assistance. <\/p>\n

He is then seen walking away from her home in Bainsford, Falkirk. <\/p>\n

Pat's relatives have blasted the "inhumane" postie and demanded he's sacked.<\/p>\n

Her niece and carer Sheryl Harkins told The Mail on Sunday: "He could have contacted me to apologise but he hasn't. <\/p>\n

'INHUMANE'<\/h2>\n

"Another postman told me he doesn't think he has done anything wrong.<\/p>\n

"I am still expecting an official response from Royal Mail about what is happening to the guy. I wouldn't like to think he'll keep his job. <\/p>\n

"We should be entitled to know the outcome of their investigation.<\/p>\n

"A manager chapped my aunt's door and brought chocolates but there has been no official response. <\/p>\n

"The whole situation is disgusting… it's inhumane to do what he's done."<\/p>\n


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Pat told The Sun Online she was shouting 'help' for 20 minutes and crying while laying in the snow after banging her head.<\/p>\n

She described the "ordeal" as "very unpleasant" and condemned the postie's behaviour. <\/p>\n

Pat added: "Even if he was knackered, at the end of the day that\u2019s his job.<\/p>\n

"When I used to work and I was knackered I still carried on, but you wouldn\u2019t leave somebody lying there in the snow.<\/p>\n

"I had a head injury and he just left me, I couldn't believe it"<\/p>\n

The Sun Online understands the postman has been dropped from the round and is being investigated over the incident.<\/p>\n

Do you know the postman? Email alice.fuller@the-sun.co.uk\u00a0or call 0207 782 4368. You can\u00a0WhatsApp\u00a0us on 07810 791 502<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Admin worker Sheryl added: "It was the coldest night in the UK for 26 years and he left my aunt lying on the ground.<\/p>\n

"It just goes against everything, you wouldn't treat a dog like that."<\/p>\n

Pat fell from her top to bottom step after feeling dizzy, just a day after getting her Covid jab.<\/p>\n

She banged her head but fortunately was not badly hurt, although she was deeply upset by it.<\/p>\n

She said: "I was soaking, absolutely soaking right through.<\/p>\n

"We got everything off and put some clean clothes on, but it was two and a half hours for the ambulance to come.<\/p>\n

"I was freezing. I couldn\u2019t get warm, even in my bed I couldn\u2019t get warm. I just felt so bad, in fact I still feel bad about it now."<\/p>\n

Luckily, Hermes delivery worker Karolina Domska, 22, was in the area and went to Pat's aid. <\/p>\n

She stayed with her and called for help from Shona and her son Ricky Thompson. <\/p>\n

Shona said: "It was really cold, she could've got hypothermia and she could still get pneumonia because of all of this. It's not fair at all."<\/p>\n


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A manager from Royal Mail visited the family and an investigation has been launched.<\/p>\n

Another postie who used to work in the area told The Sun Online: "I\u2019m ashamed and embarrassed, I could never do that to anybody.<\/p>\n

"There\u2019s 120 posties up there [at the local depot], and we\u2019re all tarnished with the same brush.<\/p>\n

"We\u2019re doing a lot of good, but he\u2019s let us down big style, big big style. I don\u2019t think any human being should behave like that."<\/p>\n

Royal Mail bosses slammed the incident as they confirmed they were investigating further.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Royal Mail said: "We regularly remind our postmen and postwomen of the important role they play in their local communities.<\/p>\n

"We were very sorry to learn about this incident, and for the distress this incident has caused.<\/p>\n

"We are in touch with the customer concerned and will be investigating this incident."<\/p>\n