Sitting on the pavement next to his dog and sleeping bag, Simon Wright looked to all the world like a homeless beggar.
But what the passers-by who gave him cash didn’t know was that he was earning over £50,000 a year and living in a £300,000 council flat in west London.
At the end of every day he would pick up his handwrittensign and head back to his Fulham home.
Locals say he regularly went into bookmakers and amusement shops to change up his loose coins.
On many occasions they added up to between £200 and £300. Magistrates have now imposed a two-year Asbo banning him from begging anywhere in London.
PC Oliver Strebel, who brought the case to court, said: ‘He had a reputation for getting a lot of gifts while begging.
'He used a sign saying he was homeless and people gave him money on that basis, which is clearly fraud. He would take the money from his cup and change it over at a local betting shop or amusement arcade.
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