A man gave a reward he collected by helping police catch a criminal to the victim in the case, even though the reward was equal to half of his annual income. Lloyd Gardner is a 22-year-old waiter from Devon, U.K., who came to the assistance of investigators and helped them find and convict a man of rape and causing grievous bodily harm. The woman had been attacked so severely that she suffered a fractured skull and brain damage and now has to use a wheelchair.
When Gardner found out he would be given £10,000 for his help, he decided it would be better to give the money to the victim, saying, "With the state that the girl was in after the incident, I really felt that it would go towards making her life a lot better over the next couple of years."
So just like that, he gave nearly $16,000 to the woman, saying it didn't seem right to keep it. Maybe his reward is having a face like an unsmooshed Robert Pattinson.
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Wednesday 14 October
By Michelle
Finally! A good story that tells us humanity still lives. This is an amazing story and that young man deserves all good things that come his way. :)
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Thursday 15 October
By Karine
I fullheartedly agree with you . What get me is these nasty remarks here considering what a sacrifice this young man made to help the woman. It is sad what the United States has turned into . It used to be the Land of the proud and the brave. It is now tha land of the ignorant - uneducated - selfish and guntoting NUTS.
The more I appreciate when hearing about kindness. Any kindness - any kindness - anywhere - anytime .. God bless this man - he is an angel ...
Thursday 15 October
By gjb
I am impressed This is one of the kindest gestures that I have every heard of and I hope this young man has a world of great possibilities open up for him. God Bless this young man.
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Thursday 15 October
By Brigitte
Finally something good in the news. Good for him, his parents obviously raised him with values!
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Thursday 15 October
By swisster
goodjob,
Thats one hell of a generalization to say that nearly all men are scum bags by equating the majority with rapists. I don't know a single man who wouldn't beat the s#$t out of a rapist if he got the chance. We have mothers and sisters and daughters too.
You've got some issues you should work through.
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Thursday 15 October
By Babygirl
Have you not noticed that a great majority of rapists are married, have children, have sisters, granddaughters, and grandmothers, it still doesn't stop them from raping and sometimes killing their victims?
Thursday 15 October
By Don
It is so good to see a young man do such a wonderful thing for this young lady. Not all guys are like this rapist. Hopefully he will get his when he enters a prison somewhere..
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Thursday 15 October
By ~Me
Kindness will be retruned ten fold
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Thursday 15 October
By pwriley1970
Bravo, this is what we need more of in this world, and his reward is pride in himself and a great feeling of kindness and generosity. Way to go man!!!
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Thursday 15 October
By cindi
How wonderful! This is one of those things gives us hope that there are still good people in the world.
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Thursday 15 October
By me
WHAT THE HELL KIND OF COMMENT IS THIS IN YOUR ARTICLE >>" Maybe his reward is having a face like an unsmooshed Robert Pattinson."
This kid did a damn good thing and you make a statement like that !!!!!!!
You are a huge freaking a** for even writing that statement in your article about someone who did what this kid did. As a human being Emerald Catron your'e the lowest kind!
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Thursday 15 October
By emilymccombs08
It was a compliment! She's saying he looks like a better-looking version of Robert Pattinson.
Thursday 15 October
By Peggy
wow.. to see someone at his age do this.. really really cool.. usually at this age your are selfish brats still especially now a days.. what a truly wonderful thing to do and gives me hope that there are still nice, decent people out there.
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Thursday 15 October
By Kathy
This story shows that there are people out there that really do care for others and not just looking out for themselves. This young man was raised with great morals, so we have to say thank you to his parents for raising him the way that they did!! What a great thing for him to do for this victim!! He will get rewarded in much greater ways!! A lot of young adults could learn a few things from this young man!! May God bless this young man!! And we all need to say a prayer for this poor rape victim that was so brutally attacked by some sicko and hopefully he will get what he deserves for doing this to someone! I also have to agree with swisster you can not group all men into this catagory!!! Not all men are scumbags, rapists, or whatever other names you want to call them. If all men were that way this world would be a lot worse than it already is! And besides how can you make a statement like that when it was a young man that gave up the reward and gave it to this poor rape victim to try to make her life a little easier after this horrific attack?
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Thursday 15 October
By glendaaparis
This is so nice. God bless you.
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Thursday 15 October
By Dorothy
Bless his heart.
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Thursday 15 October
By jj
goodjob.
what you need is to give yourself a handjob.
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Thursday 15 October
By Lotte
OMG, thanks for the chuckle...this person needs serious help!
Thursday 15 October
By leewillijr
Your generalization about men actually speaks volumes to the quality of the men in your life. Saying all men are scumbags because a small (think globally) percentage of men commit rapes. That would be like saying all women are gold diggers because a few out there have married a man for his money. That is a ridiculous equation to make. There are a lot of us men out there that have nothing but respect and love for all women!! I hope and pray that you will find someone like that in your life.
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Thursday 15 October
By Ronald
What a very unselfish act this young man has done.
I hope the British gov is just as understanding. I don't know how it works in the UK, but hear in the US the IRS considers it earned income and will still make you pay taxes on it. That is unless the IRS doesn't consider a reward as earned income. Although quite some time ago, a similar case happened to Joe Louis when he donated his purse (before taxes) to a charity. The IRS still ordered him to pay taxes on it. As in Joe's case, he should have held out the taxes first. This could turn out to actually cost him money by acting out of the kindness of his heart, as more people need to do.
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