Disabled pensioner mugged - heartwarming public reaction

[Stegel]

67 year old pensioner mugged on his doorstep, and (understandably) afraid to go home:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-31072658

Young lady sets up donation page, and off it goes; is it my eyes, or is it dusty in here:

http://www.gofundme.com/l0dt9o

[pushthebutton]

Wow!!!!

[Jasandjules]

Wonderful. Should be able to find a nice secure place now.

And I hope the worthless piece of s**t who attacked him is found.

[selym]

Jasandjules said:

Wonderful. Should be able to find a nice secure place now.

And I hope the worthless piece of s**t who attacked him is found dead.

Edited that one for you.

[Northernchimp]

This is fantastic, but I hope he has somebody looking out for him to help him manage the cash. He's going to be a magnet for leaches and some real s now.

[Willy Nilly]

will he have to pay tax on that?

[Hoofy]

Out of interest, how do we know the guy gets it and not the person who set up that page? I've never seen that site before.

[MrsFallon]

I've just donated.

[anonymous-user]

£124,000 and counting!

Good to know that for every nasty tt there are a number if good hearted people out there.

[Liokault]

Wow, that's really touching!

What kind of scum male a living attacking people as vulnerable as this!!

Up to 126500 now.

[Liokault]

Wow, that's really touching!

What kind of scum male a living attacking people as vulnerable as this!!

Up to 126500 now.

[selym]

One of the pros of social media.

[Troubleatmill]

What kind of world do we live in - that someone feels the need to mug a disabled pensioner?
Everyone needs to feel safe in their own home.

[69 coupe]

Wonder whatever social services he gets now will be pulled from him, as his net worth takes him out of whatever support he may get. Great what social media can do though.

Edited by 69 coupe on Saturday 31st January 16:01

[Westy Pre-Lit]

The money raised has doubled since this morning.

[selym]

Troubleatmill said:

What kind of world do we live in - that someone feels the need to mug a disabled pensioner?
Everyone needs to feel safe in their own home.

There have been subhumans prowling the earth forever. He needs putting down.

[Willy Nilly]

£130,000 a few minutes ago, which is a nice little pension for him

[KFC]

Seriously... is he even going to get any of the money? Or is he going to be forced to now pay for his own care? Are all these mugs just donating back to the government for a bit of personal feel good factor?

[selym]

KFC said:

Seriously... is he even going to get any of the money? Or is he going to be forced to now pay for his own care? Are all these mugs just donating back to the government for a bit of personal feel good factor?

Aren't you a ray of fking sunshine?

[KFC]

selym said:

Aren't you a ray of fking sunshine?

With loads of peoples elderly relatives being forced to pay for their own care its a very valid question. Why the fk would a tax payer want to give this old bloke £20 if he's not even going to get to spend it?