Help for Heroes conman jailed (From Essex County Standard)
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Help for Heroes conman jailed
12:27pm Friday 5th October 2012 in News
Help for Heroes
A FORMER soldier who pocketed money he was collecting for Help for Heroes has avoided a prison sentence.
Conman Robert Santangelo had been struck off by the charity but rail staff saw him with the collection tin on a train.
Santangelo, 41, of Cromwell Road, Colchester, was drinking at the time and was asked by railway enforcement officer Aragorn Davis if he had permission to collect. He was arrested at Thorpe train station.
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Comments(8)
wardyt
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1:25pm Fri 5 Oct 12
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/uk-19112550
Mr Honest
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1:29pm Fri 5 Oct 12
wardyt
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1:42pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Mr Honest wrote:What a ridiculous comment. There are many worthy Charities out there that don't involve Children or Cancer.
Money should only be given to charities if it helps abused or vulnerable children or Cancer Research. Nothing else. None of this Help for heroes rubbish or Animal charities.
wormshero
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2:08pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Mr Honest wrote:What a daft comment!
Money should only be given to charities if it helps abused or vulnerable children or Cancer Research. Nothing else. None of this Help for heroes rubbish or Animal charities.
There's plenty of other causes that equally need/deserve money to run successfully for a start. Secondly you seem to want to limit any fundraising for medical research to just cancer? What about the thousands of other illnesses people suffer from, some of them even worse than cancer, affecting people of all ages. Shouldn't these be able to raise money for funding too.
Personally I think even on a local level anything that is set up to help community or help others no matter the scale should have a right to charity status (which I believe is the case at the moment).
Besides, what right does anyone have to dictate what organisations I choose to give my money to?
Barside1
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5:01pm Fri 5 Oct 12
or
'Avoided prison'
You've lost me.
Have I missed something?
SOMETHING2SAY
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6:12pm Fri 5 Oct 12
ShadowReturns
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8:47am Sat 6 Oct 12
Mr Honest wrote:I have to agree with most of the posters above what an idiotic statement to make.
Money should only be given to charities if it helps abused or vulnerable children or Cancer Research. Nothing else. None of this Help for heroes rubbish or Animal charities.
SOMETHING2SAY says...
12:42pm Fri 5 Oct 12