Kind beggar gave driver 30p to buy parking ticket

A homeless man has been praised for giving a driver 30p for a parking ticket.

The motorist wrote to his local paper heralding the kind stranger after complaints about beggars in the same area.

Some residents had wrote to the Derbyshire Times to say how unhappy they were being asked for money in the Donut car park in Chesterfield.

This prompted the driver to share his experience of the homeless man giving him a helping hand at the very same spot.

He wrote: ‘I parked in the Donut on Sunday for the vegan market and went to the machine to pay but I was 30p short.

‘The lad sat at the ticket machine politely asked me if he could help.

‘I said I was 30p short so he gave me the 30p and wished me a good day.’

It is an offence to beg in a public place and can result in being arrested and fined up to £1,000.

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