A delivery driver and his girlfriend will be sentenced next month after being caught stealing parcels and trying to sell the contents on Facebook.

Joshua Maxwell Ffrench, aged 24, and Georgina Kathleen Moore, 37, both of West View in Peel, appeared at Douglas Courthouse.

Ffrench pleaded guilty to one count of theft between Boxing Day last year and February 22.

Moore admitted handling stolen goods between the same dates.

The court heard the intended recipient of the parcels had ordered maternity clothing, valued at £47, from retailers Dorothy Perkins and New Look.

But her goods never arrived.

However in February the woman became suspicious after seeing a number of the items she’d bought - but never received - listed for sale on a local buying and selling group.

Police began investigating and confirmed Moore had listed the items.

Checks with Hermes also confirmed that Ffrench was the courier responsible for delivering the goods.

The duo’s address was searched and officers recovered the clothing.

In police interview both Ffrench and Moore said they didn’t know where the items had come from.

Social Enquiry Reports have been requested before the two are sentenced on September 28.

They’ve been bailed in the meantime.