Man gives fake money to beggars

Ian Wilson has told how he dishes out fake £20 notes to street beggars in Glasgow and Paisley — with directions to their nearest jobcentre. He hands out the toy cash which he folds up to cover the photocopied maps.

And as homeless charities branded his antics “cruel”, Ian vowed to keep up his campaign against cadging.

He said: “Why sit on a cold street in winter holding up a piece of cardboard saying they are homeless when they could be looking for a job? They get all these benefits and yet they still have the cheek to just sit there in the street and beg for more money.



“They are happy to harass us and ask us for money so I thought I would give them a taste of their own medicine. If these people really wanted they could get up off their backsides and get a job.”

He added: “This has nothing to do with homelessness but it does have to do with buying drugs. I have no animosity to anyone. I’m merely making a helpful suggestion to them.”

Strathclyde Police said Ian had not committed any offence and his actions were being treated as someone innocently handing out flyers.