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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Kelley Price & Alice Peacock

Trusting shopkeeper has wall of 'pay later' receipts for customers who can't afford food

A kind-hearted shop owner has a "wall of receipts" with thousands of pounds in unpaid shopping bills left by tearful customers without the money to buy food and other essentials.

Abid Hussain, from Teesside, says people sometimes come into his store crying because they can't pay for their shopping.

The situation was "only going to get worse" as bills start to rise, Abid said.

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