I ALWAYS thought there was no such thing as “finders keepers” and a court case has just underlined this.
Nicole Bailey picked up a £20 note, which unknown to her someone had lost earlier, and kept it. CCTV revealed her doing this and, after initially denying it, she ended up in court charged with stealing.
Police urge the public to “do the right thing”, trying to find out who owns money or valuables found in this way. Hopefully, most people would hand them in but there are many who wouldn’t - and who now know that this is just theft.
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