Homeless Man Who Found £1,000 Turns Down Cash As He ‘Just Wants A Job’

An incredibly honest homeless man who handed in £1,000 to police after finding it in the street has turned down an even bigger sum of cash - saying he ‘just wants a job’.

After he found $2,400 in Canadian dollars and turned it in in Langford, Canada, well-wishers raised money for the man via crowd-funding websites.

But he turned it down, saying that he just wanted a job.

Constable Alex Berube, of the West Shore Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said: ‘After hearing this story and seeing how this case touched so many people, I took a personal interest in finding this man, looking for him everywhere while on and off shift.’

‘His response surprised me yet again, when instead of asking how to collect it, he asked me how to donate it to food service providers for people in need.’

Officers asked the homeless man to sleep on his decision - but he showed up the next day with a handwritten note saying he ‘just wanted a job’.