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[Metro 英文报道 8月11日]

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/arti ... 3&in_page_id=34

[Mirror 英文报道 8月11日]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top ... ht-115875-21588564/

上个月,莱斯特警察逮捕了街头的20名专业乞讨者,他们中没有任何一个人是真的无家可归的,有的乞丐甚至一日可赚200英镑。警方表示已经对这些假乞讨者发布了三次正式警告,如果这些专业乞丐再继续纠缠过路人,将以违反《Vagrancy Act》予以逮捕。请大家不要给这些专业乞丐一分钱。


Beggars earning £73,000-a-year

Monday, August 10, 2009

Some beggars are raking in the cash

Street beggars are apparently coining in up to £200 a night – equal to a £73,000-a-year salary tax free.

A growing number of 'professional' beggars use the money to supplement income from their normal day jobs, police have revealed.

Last month, Leicestershire Police arrested 20 beggars on the streets of Leicester – none of whom were homeless.

Sgt Adrian Underwood, of Leicestershire Police, said: 'On a good Friday or Saturday, some can pick up £200.

'A lot of well-intentioned people see someone begging and think they are deserving causes. Would they give them money if they knew that person had just come out of a flat, was receiving benefits and had food in the larder?'

One beggar denied anyone could earn £200 in a night but another agreed it was possible.

'Pete', who lives in a hostel where he has help for heroin addiction, said: 'If it was as lucrative as that, everyone would be doing it.'

Toni Soni, head of hostel services at Leicester City Council, said: 'There are people who are professional beggars who are doing it to make a living.'

Since last month, beggars in the city are given three formal warnings to stop harassing shoppers before they can be arrested under the Vagrancy Act.

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