Six-and-a-half years for fraud postman

A FORMER postman who masterminded a “staggering” £20 million (€29.2m) family-run cheque fraud from his council house was jailed for six-and-a-half years yesterday.

Asylum seeker Dido Mayue-Belezika, 34, hid a criminal past to get his job and then wallowed in luxury by taking hundreds of chequebooks at the sorting office where he worked.

His brother-in-law and "trusted lieutenant", Ishiaba Kasonga, helped by selling them to a 220-strong gang of money launderers.