Charity cheat David Saville took money donated to Kidsgrove child Ruby Owen

“Just a thought, but if this lad has the gumption to go door-to-door seeking sponsorship money, why not go door-to-door offering to clean windows, wash cars or tidy gardens? Then his grandfather could be truly proud of him instead of ashamed, which I guess is how he feels.

Ah, but that would involve work, and in my experience people like him would rather sit around blaming unemployment on the government whilst waiting for someone at the Jobcentre to find them a job.”

“Unicorn: a giro cheque would just about pay for one of my cigars. It's my money that pays for unemployed people's Giros, and your Educational Maintenance Allowance. And I've found that first impressions are usually the right ones. Your teenage liberal indulgences are a luxury that someone like you can afford because, well frankly you haven't got anything to protect, have you? because you live off your mum and dad. So you can bestow the milk of human kindness on scumbags if you want, the most they can take is your pocket money, which I'm sure your mum will replace. 40,000 economically inactive people, you say? Well you should know, being one of them. Harsh times ahead for you when you leave school, but no doubt your mum and dad will keep paying for your mobile phone and internet, so that's alright. God forbid you should have to fend for yourself. Finished reading Epicurus in Greek yet? No? Haven't actually got a copy? Good job there's Wikipaedia so you can continue to pretend at knowledge then.

WizardofZen: "I suppose you are the kind of person who supported the mob attack on a suspected paedophile but later found out they had actually vandalised the house of a paediatrician" - didn't that story turn out to be an urban myth? FYI I refuse to watch that Jeffrey Kyles, I don't believe that any airtime should be given to the worthless underclass, although I would applaud a programme where they were thrown en-masse into a razor-sharp grinding machine and turned into fertiliser, which is just about the only use I can think for them.

Tony - don't be silly. But all shifty-eyed scrounging chavs are scumbags, and not to be trusted by default. They tend not become electricians because that would mean earning an honest living and not sponging benefits and stealing. Can we stop pretending that these miserable excuses for humanity have any value whatsoever, please? They are just excess population that has no function and makes no contribution, kept alive purely by the State's largesse which is taken from the rest of the population that actually does contribute. If these surplus people disappeared tomorrow, by some magic, can you (or anyone) honestly tell me that there wouldn't be anything but positive benefits?”

“SHAME ON HIM. SCUM”

“cut the rubbish cwood123”

“So if this Jeremy Hunt wasn't unemployed but an electrician, it would be right to brand ALL electricians low lifes? Beyond belief. Except on this site.”

“@E_D_Wivens: Collect Giro! Burn Unicorn!!! Harsh as your words may be, to judge simply by appearances is a measure of your, ahem, intellect. This man may be a scumbag, but coming form a city that currently has more than FORTY THOUSAND economically inactive people in it (that's a lot my dear) my comment was absolutely 'on the money'.

Stoke is full of these types (just go for a walk and look), and this guy happened to get caught. I'm not saying all Stokies are like him (many are lovely, including me!), but there's a fair few who are ill inclined to sainthood (like you!). And what's all this 'exam' business? Don't you have a colostomy bag to empty? Dribble dribble...”

“by PVFCinLincs
"Do gooders will no doubt say the mob rule is wrong" , "Personnally I think they should be tattooed across the forehead and let joe public deal with this sort."
I suppose you are the kind of person who supported the mob attack on a suspected paedophile but later found out they had actually vandalised the house of a paediatrician. (Use the dictionary).
Like I said, he did wrong, got caught and has been punished for it accordingly. Everybody now knows that he cannot be trusted. It's now up to him to rectify the situation if he can be bothered to do so. Yes, I do live in the real world and I don't read the Guardian or wish to give ice-cream to criminals.”

“Shut up, Unicorn. Any normal person would rightly find such actions despicable, but you'd rather indulge in your adolescent jibes. Don't you have exams to revise for?

Anyway, back to the story. If such a shifty-looking individual came a-knocking on the gates of Wivens Mansions, he'd be seen off sharpish no matter whom he claimed to be collecting for. Not exactly oozing charm, grace and honesty from his appearance is he? More likely to be casing the joint.

I don't give to any door-to-door collectors, or even the ones who accost the public in town centres. I give to one charity, and one charity only, and it's a substantial annual sum and I know exactly what it gets spent on and where it goes. Much safer, and much more useful. I don't need to salve my conscience by sticking a few quid into a charity tin, I know what I give actually makes a difference (but I ain't telling you lot how much or who to.. )”

“Burn the witch!!!! Is it giro day yet?”

“by WizardofZen

Which world do you live in. The politicians may have stupid amounts of money and take money from the tax payers. But they did not take money from an ill girl for themselves after saying he was raising the money for her.

This is wrong and should be punished. Do gooders will no doubt say the mob rule is wrong and we should feel sorry for morons like this and give them holidays and all the icecream they can eat.

Personnally I think they should be tattooed across the forehead and let joe public deal with this sort. Soon learn the error of their ways.”