Alan Barnes: fund for disabled pensioner approaches £300K

Katie Cutler, stranger who set up fund after attack on 67-year-old, described as 'credit to humanity'

Alan Barnes and Katie Cutler
(Image credit: BBC)

An appeal to help a disabled pensioner who was attacked by a mugger outside his home in Gateshead has raised nearly £300,000 in less than a week.

Alan Barnes, 67, broke his collarbone after he was knocked to the ground as he put his bins out last week, leaving him too scared to return to his house.

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