As it’s Anecdotal Evidence Day there was a well known beggar in Stockport who broke his leg that badly he had to have a ‘cage’ round it. He realised the cage increased his earnings so he refused to let the hospital remove it when his leg was sorted. The dog he also begged with was borrowed from a friend. At the end of the day he’d pack up his ‘hungry and homeless’ sign, jump in his car and drive back to his flat. Last week he misjudged the dose.
Edit: this crossed with Stronts post. There was also a group who decided to camp out rather than use the accommodation they’d been found by Wellspring (local homeless charity).