A remorseful thief who stole a 'postbox to heaven' from a funeral directors has returned it with £20 and a grovelling apology note saying - "I'm sorry, I'm a scumbag." The crook caused public outrage when he was caught on CCTV pinching the box from Hughes Funeral Directors in Cannock, Staffordshire, on Sunday morning (March 12).
The white-painted pillar box had been installed by the family-run business so grieving relatives cold write letters to deceased love ones. Owner Kim Hughes, 38, was left ‘mortified’ when she watched back the footage and saw the hooded man walking off with the box filled with letters to dead relatives.
But after she posted footage of the heartless theft on Facebook - the guilt-ridden offender had a change of heart and returned it the following day. He also enclosed £20 for paint after he damaged the postbox and wrote a letter admitting "I'm a scumbag" and added: "With all my heart I'm so so sorry."
