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A postman who left a vulnerable pensioner lying in the freezing snow because he was 'too knackered' has been sacked by the Royal Mail.

A postie who left a frail pensioner lying on her ­doorstep after she fell has been sacked by Royal Mail.

The postman filmed refusing to help a pensioner after she slipped in the snow has been suspended by the Royal Mail amid an ongoing investigation.

filmed saying he was too "knackered" to help a pensioner who slipped over in the snow has been suspended by the Royal Mail pending further investigation.Patricia Stewart, 72, had just been delivered two parcels when she fell from her doorstep and asked the Royal Mail worker to help her, but he told her he was "knackered" and walked away.The Royal Mail employee, 51, then advised Mrs Stewart to wear slippers as he left her lying on the ground.His behaviour, which took place in Bainford, Falkirk, on February's coldest day, was captured on a neighbour's doorbell camera and shared online.Mrs Stewart's family fear she could have died in the freezing conditions, with the pensioner - who walks with a Zimmer frame - suffering from bone disease

A Royal Mail postman who sparked fury by failing to help a 72-year-old pensioner who had fallen in the snow still hasn't apologised, her niece has claimed.

family of a pensioner who was left sprawling in her driveway by a postman say Royal Mail chiefs have ignored their complaints.Footage last week showed a Royal Mail postie refusing to help Patricia Stewart, 72, who had fallen outside her home near Falkirk in sub-zero temperaturesPatricia, who suffers from bone disease, was rescued 20 minutes later by another delivery driver.The callous postman ­– who told frail Patricia he was “too knackered” to help – is understood to have been off work since the incident, which was caught on a neighbour’s door security camera.Patricia’s niece, Sheryl Harkins, said: “A Royal Mail manager came to deliver a box of chocolates but didn’t explain what is going to happen to the postman.“He doesn’t normally do

A pensioner says she has been left with a big lump on her head after a postman refused to help her up following a fall.

Shocking footage shows a postman refusing to help a fallen pensioner lying on her doorstep because he was 'too knackered'.