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yerself · 12-05-2006, 19:10

Was this you Less?

Spurned suitor gave ring to beggar

An angry lover whose girlfriend turned down his marriage proposal threw the £500 ring in a beggar's bowl.

Tim Pockett could not believe his luck when the engagement ring landed in his collection pot, reports the Daily Mail.

The honest beggar, who plays his penny whistle for loose change in Shrewsbury town centre, handed it over to the police.

At first he thought the ring was worthless but was amazed to later find it was a 2.5-carat diamond solitaire white gold ring.

He said: "I was playing my whistle and I heard a man say: "That will keep you going for a couple of days". When I looked up he'd gone but I later noticed something in my bowl.

"At first I thought it was costume jewellery but when I picked it up it had a hallmark. I was really very surprised. I didn't know what to do with it."

If the ring is not claimed within 28 days, he will be allowed to keep what will be his biggest ever donation.

Police later discovered a man had earlier tried to sell the ring to a second hand jewellery shop but fled in tears when he was turned down because he didn't have proof of ownership.

PC Dave Walton said: "We feel perhaps that this person may have been in a particular state of mind when he dropped it into the bowl. He may now feel differently and think it was a bit rash."

12-05-2006, 19:10	#97
yerself God Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 3,212 Liked: 328 times Rep Power: 12996	Re: Oswaldtwistle Shops Was this you Less? Spurned suitor gave ring to beggar An angry lover whose girlfriend turned down his marriage proposal threw the £500 ring in a beggar's bowl. Tim Pockett could not believe his luck when the engagement ring landed in his collection pot, reports the Daily Mail. The honest beggar, who plays his penny whistle for loose change in Shrewsbury town centre, handed it over to the police. At first he thought the ring was worthless but was amazed to later find it was a 2.5-carat diamond solitaire white gold ring. He said: "I was playing my whistle and I heard a man say: "That will keep you going for a couple of days". When I looked up he'd gone but I later noticed something in my bowl. "At first I thought it was costume jewellery but when I picked it up it had a hallmark. I was really very surprised. I didn't know what to do with it." If the ring is not claimed within 28 days, he will be allowed to keep what will be his biggest ever donation. Police later discovered a man had earlier tried to sell the ring to a second hand jewellery shop but fled in tears when he was turned down because he didn't have proof of ownership. PC Dave Walton said: "We feel perhaps that this person may have been in a particular state of mind when he dropped it into the bowl. He may now feel differently and think it was a bit rash." __________________ Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.