A street beggar is raking in up to
£500 a day targeting shoppers and commuters by pretending to be homeless
despite apparently living in a 'reasonable property'.
The man, who has not been named, has
been begging for money in Wolverhampton city centre, in the West Midlands, and
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.
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