Homeless Man Praised After Going Above And Beyond To Return Lost Purse

Sometimes heroes come in the most unlikely places.

Jess Beech knows this all too well.

The 21-year-old was out celebrating the birth of her first child when she lost her handbag, which had jewellery, cards, gifts and most importantly, her new daughter's hospital name tag inside.

In a word, she was distraught, but help was at hand.

A local homeless man found the bag and went to huge lengths to make sure that Jess got it back with everything still inside.

"I lost the purse and to be honest I thought I wouldn't get it back, but I was more bothered about the fact the hospital band that my daughter had worn was in it," she said.

"She was premature and so it was tiny, I stupidly hadn't taken it out of my purse but I really wanted it back."

When you've lost something on a night out, there's only so much you can do before you give up and realise that someone's taken it or it's been chucked in the trash.

Jess was most certainly in the stage, only for the bag to be handed in at the start of the month.

"My step-mum was visiting last week and I was in the bath when there was a knock in the door, it was a volunteer from a soup kitchen and one of their homeless had returned the purse. The woman wouldn't take any donations because they're not a charity," she said.

When she spoke to the soup kitchen, they explained the extent to which the man had gone to get the bag back to her.

"He went and specifically found that volunteer because he knew she was from Wirral and my ID had my address on it as Bromborough. The purse had everything still in it - jewellery, gift cards, and the name tag - so I'm just so happy to get it back.

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"You see so many homeless people that you can't donate to them all, but that purse is worth £130, it's probably more money than he'll see in months but he still did the right thing. Even though he was probably desperate because it was during that really cold snap.

"We all complain that we're skint or that we've got no money, but there's always money in the bank, there's always a fridge full of food, we have a roof over our heads. We're so lucky and we don't even realise."

Jess is now on a mission to find the bloke who handed it in so that she can reward him in person.

She's asking for anyone who knows the Good Samaritan who visited the Bombed Out Church in Liverpool to get in touch with her.

Featured Image Credit: Liverpool Echo

Topics: Awesome, Community, UK, Homeless

Mike Wood

Mike Meehall Wood is a freelance journalist and translator. He writes for LADbible, VICE and countless sports publications, focusing on rugby league, football and boxing. He is a graduate of Leeds University and maintains a fizzy pop obsession. Contact Mike at [email protected]