Last year, police in Leicester claimed that many beggars on the city’s streets were in fact office workers topping up their salaries by earning £200 a night from well-meaning passers-by.

They said that they suspected many of the ‘beggars’ were returning from their nine-to-five day jobs and dressing up in rags before targeting commuters by waiting outside shops and next to cashpoints.

One office worker had apparently started begging in Leicester city centre to pay for a new kitchen for her flat.



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