A destitute, homeless man has enjoyed an upturn in his fortunes after stumbling on an unlocked cash depot at a Paris airport and walking away with €300,000. The man, aged about 50, is thought to have been looking for food in rubbish bins at Charles de Gaulle airport when he tried the door of the premises of Loomis, the cash handling company, according to detectives who have studied CCTV footage. The footage shows him entering the depot at 5.20pm last Friday and emerging minutes later with two bags of cash. Le Parisien, the daily newspaper, said that they contained a total of €300,000. The man can be seen walking away with the bags, leaving his old suitcase containing his…

Source: The Times December 14, 2017 00:04 UTC