Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan has helped to raise thousands for a 100-year-old man after thieves stole his savings.
War veteran Len appeared on the ITV daytime show today (Thursday, February 25) for a chat with hosts Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid.
What happened to Good Morning Britain guest Len?
Thieves targeted Len while he was in hospital, taking as much as £4,000 from his home.
In response, a fundraiser sought to raise enough cash from the public to replace Len’s savings.
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Earlier this week, Piers became aware of the campaign and kindly donated £1,000 of his own money to it, encouraging his followers to give what they could.
What did Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan say?
He wrote: “This is absolutely disgusting. What a shocking way to treat a great British hero. Let’s get Len his money back. I’m in for £1,000, who’s with me?”
The GMB host was responding to a tweet from Yorkshire Post journalist James Mitchinson that read: “Friends of ours, can you help? This gentleman – a @RoyalAirForce veteran – does not deserve this.
This is absolutely disgusting. What a shocking way to treat a great British hero.
“His story is rich with sacrifice and yet, here he is. Robbed of what to him is a small fortune. We can help him, can’t we? We can. Together.”
This is absolutely disgusting.
What a shocking way to treat a great British hero. Let's get Len his money back.
I'm in for £1000, who's with me?
Donate here: https://t.co/9ynwfJtJ7F https://t.co/CI4ZRePeBy— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 23, 2021
The amount showing in Len’s fundraiser went on to leap up by thousands.
As of Thursday afternoon, it showed well over £21k – much more than the target of £3,000.
Len was saving for home repairs
Len explained on GMB: “I’d been home for about two days, I went upstairs and lo and behold, there’s no safe there… it was bolted to the floor but they used a crowbar to get it out and take it away.”
Ben asked him how he felt when he saw it was gone.
The veteran told him: “It’s not just the money it’s your documents, passport, that sort of thing… the confusion you have to go through to get back your bank books, it’s a bit rough, really.”
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Susanna called what happened “hideous” and slammed the “despicable” thieves behind it.
Len said he had saved the money as there were “things going wrong” with his home.
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