An unnamed street beggar who has been begging for alms in Wolverhampton city centre, in the West Midlands is said to be raking in up to £500 a day targeting shoppers and commuters by pretending to be homeless despite living in a 'reasonable property'.
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He is said to be
earning the equivalent of £2,500 a week. His
takings amount to a pre-tax annual income of around £130,000 - only
£12,000 less than Prime Minister David Cameron's yearly wage.
Steve Evans,
Wolverhampton's environment boss and a Labour councillor, said the man
is known to live in a 'reasonable property' but targets shoppers by
pretending to be homeless.
He said: 'The information regarding the individual making up to £500 a day came from a fellow council officer.
'We
knew he wasn't homeless as he was registered to an address and lived in
quite a reasonable property actually. Yet he would be seen in the
middle of the city centre at busy times of the day and happy to sit
there all day long'.
'He might travel between different cities and towns as well and he was making a tidy sum, much more than you and I.
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'It is shame that where people have a genuine need of help you have a few individuals who are taking advantage of people's generosity.'
He claims conmen have been targeting kind-hearted people in the city, where workers boast an average wage of around £20,000.
He expressed his discontent further saying the beggars aren't homeless and only trying to get some money for booze.
He added: 'Begging still exists and I don't think anyone appreciates coming into the city centre and doing shopping and being approached by someone asking for money.
'You know it is someone that by and large isn't homeless, but is trying to get some money to have an alcoholic drink and I believe we have got some professional beggars.
'We have got some information that one man was making between £300 to £500 a day and wasn't homeless at all.
'Some of them need help but others just want the money for a drink.'
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'It is shame that where people have a genuine need of help you have a few individuals who are taking advantage of people's generosity.'
He claims conmen have been targeting kind-hearted people in the city, where workers boast an average wage of around £20,000.
He expressed his discontent further saying the beggars aren't homeless and only trying to get some money for booze.
He added: 'Begging still exists and I don't think anyone appreciates coming into the city centre and doing shopping and being approached by someone asking for money.
'You know it is someone that by and large isn't homeless, but is trying to get some money to have an alcoholic drink and I believe we have got some professional beggars.
'We have got some information that one man was making between £300 to £500 a day and wasn't homeless at all.
'Some of them need help but others just want the money for a drink.'
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