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| Homeless man waited in rain for hours to stop stranger’s £450 being stolen | Homeless man waited in rain for hours to stop stranger’s £450 being stolen |
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| A man sleeping rough on the streets of Glasgow waited hours in the rain to guard a stranger’s £450 and stop it from being stolen. | A man sleeping rough on the streets of Glasgow waited hours in the rain to guard a stranger’s £450 and stop it from being stolen. |
| James John McGeown saw the cash inside a bag left on the front seat of a parked car that had been left with its window open. | James John McGeown saw the cash inside a bag left on the front seat of a parked car that had been left with its window open. |
| Believing someone would likely walk past and snatch the money, he stood by the car for more than two hours waiting for the owner to return. | Believing someone would likely walk past and snatch the money, he stood by the car for more than two hours waiting for the owner to return. |
| Eventually, he reached into the car, took out the bag and handed it to the nearby Livingstone Brown solicitors, who confirmed Mr McGeown had stopped the bag off. | Eventually, he reached into the car, took out the bag and handed it to the nearby Livingstone Brown solicitors, who confirmed Mr McGeown had stopped the bag off. |
| When owner John McMonagle, who owns a chip shop in Clydebank, returned to his car with his colleague, Alyshia, he found a note saying his bag was safe. | When owner John McMonagle, who owns a chip shop in Clydebank, returned to his car with his colleague, Alyshia, he found a note saying his bag was safe. |
| Praising Mr McGeown for his kind act, Mr McMonagle has now set up a Go Fund Me page to raise £5,000 for him and other homeless people in the area. | Praising Mr McGeown for his kind act, Mr McMonagle has now set up a Go Fund Me page to raise £5,000 for him and other homeless people in the area. |
| Speaking to the Independent, Mr McMonagle said he was hugely grateful to Mr McGeown. | Speaking to the Independent, Mr McMonagle said he was hugely grateful to Mr McGeown. |
| “I spoke to him and he’s a lovely guy, we spoke at length. It’s amazing, he had the £450 in his hand – I mean the car is worth £35,000 too,” he said. | |
| “So he knows I’m not skint, and he walked across the road and handed to the lawyers because he was too cold. | “So he knows I’m not skint, and he walked across the road and handed to the lawyers because he was too cold. |
| “He could have walked away with it and could have bought himself a new pair of boots.” | “He could have walked away with it and could have bought himself a new pair of boots.” |
| He added that the action of reaching into the car to take the money could have been dangerous for Mr McGeown, had a member of the public spotted him and assumed he was stealing. | He added that the action of reaching into the car to take the money could have been dangerous for Mr McGeown, had a member of the public spotted him and assumed he was stealing. |
| “It’s funny because we support opposite footballs teams in Glasgow and my football scarf was on the back seat,” Mr McMonagle added. | “It’s funny because we support opposite footballs teams in Glasgow and my football scarf was on the back seat,” Mr McMonagle added. |
| More than £3,000 has been raised of the £5,000 target so far. | More than £3,000 has been raised of the £5,000 target so far. |
| “We are raising money for James John McGeown and homeless people in Glasgow and Clydebank the money will be entrusted to John McMonagle to use for the above,” he wrote. | “We are raising money for James John McGeown and homeless people in Glasgow and Clydebank the money will be entrusted to John McMonagle to use for the above,” he wrote. |
| “Also the first £5,000 will go exclusively James John McGeown. | “Also the first £5,000 will go exclusively James John McGeown. |
| “(He) will get a minimum of 10 per cent (with) the rest going to the above homeless community.” |