Man admits he faked burglary to solicit holiday charity

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Are economic conditions now so dire that people are faking burglaries in order to qualify for support from charities helping out the downtrodden during the holidays? Apparently so.

Tim Wood, a 21-year-old British man, admitted to police in England that he'd faked a complaint about an intruder coming into his home to snatch all the presents from under the family Christmas tree. Wood had even posed for a photograph with his 2-year-old daughter for a story in the local newspaper about how their Christmas was ruined. But Wood was assailed by guilt over the newspaper's charity appeal on his behalf and he was prompted to come clean.

"I'm so sorry. I'm ashamed of what I've done," Wood -- who was fined for wasting the police's time -- told authorities. "I did it because I thought people might donate Christmas presents, and I would get some more for Abbey. The longer it went on, the more guilty I felt, especially using Abbey like that, and I wouldn't want my little girl to be ashamed of me, so I went to the police. I'm just so sorry."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelo...-he-faked-burglary-to-solicit-holiday-charity

That's just sooooooooooo wrong!
 
porterjack said:
that is different, he made a mistake , regrests it and seems genuinely ashamed
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So he feels ashamed. Big deal. He should have known better. He needs to make a public apology for what he did. And what affect is this going to have on his child when she gets older and people relate what he did to her being his daughter?

i have no sympathy for those that feel no guilt and continue to con others but he seems to show remorse
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Well I have no sympathy for what he did. Feeling ashamed and guilty just doesn't cut it. It doesn't make what he did forgivable to me. I'd like to see a followup interview with just him saying what on earth possed him to do such a lousy thing for extra Christmas presents.
 
This is just fucking LOW, if I were that man I'd take my kid and leave town, start over someplace else so my daughter won't have to grow up as an OUTCAST because of my actions.
 
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I guess the moral of this story is..

If you do something stupid, DO NOT try to make it right and do the right thing. Because you will spend the rest of your days being reprimanded and ridiculed by those who have never made mistakes.

Merry Christmas everyone.
 
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