{"id":19143,"date":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/beggar-receives-threats-after-he-was-filmed-loading-up-sports-car\/"},"modified":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","slug":"beggar-receives-threats-after-he-was-filmed-loading-up-sports-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/beggar-receives-threats-after-he-was-filmed-loading-up-sports-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Beggar receives threats after he was filmed loading up a sports car"},"content":{"rendered":"

A beggar in the UK who regularly asks locals for money has been receiving death threats after he was spotted getting into his Audi sports car.<\/h3>\n

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Matthew Brinton, 35, and his dog Hazel are well known on the streets of Cornwall where Brinton has regularly begged for money over many years.<\/p>\n

\"Beggar<\/p>\n

But any goodwill towards Mr Brinton quickly evaporated when he was secretly filmed loading an Audi TT, believed to be worth nearly 100,000 (AUD), after a day spent begging.<\/h3>\n

Mr Brinton says he inherited the car from his grandmother, and it has since been stolen.<\/p>\n

He also says that in the wake of the social media backlash to the footage of him climbing into the Audi, his donations have dried up and he is now starving.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not seen any of the social media posts because I do not have access to the internet but according to the police I’ve had lots of death threats,\u201d Mr Brinton told the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are assuming too much and I’m getting a lot of abuse. This has been going on for years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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