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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Steve Robson & Tim Hanlon

Enterprising boy, 9, selling air fresheners for pocket money probed by police

Police have investigated a nine-year-old boy who secretly began selling air fresheners in order to raise money for Christmas presents for his siblings.

Mum Alicia McHale told how her son Donnan wanted to make money for the presents and she suggested he earn cash by doing errands around the family house in Gorton, reported the Manchester Evening News.

But apparently not excited by the prospect of washing dishes or vacuuming the stairs, nine-year-old Donnan had another plan.

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