JohnCenaFan28
12-06-2008, 10:20 PM
A binman who found shredded £10 and £20 notes has been told he can exchange them for new ones if he can piece the bits together.
Graham Hill discovered an estimated £10,000 in two bin bags dumped in City Square in Lincoln.
Lincolnshire Police held the money for six months while an investigation was carried out, reports the BBC.
But no-one has come forward to claim it and the force have returned it to Mr Hill as there was no evidence of criminal activity.
Det Con Nick Cobb said: "This was a very unusual case and, despite our inquiries the circumstances of why and how the money came to be torn up and put in the bin, remains a mystery."
The binman will get a new note for each one he pieces back together, but this could prove difficult.
Det Con Cobb added: "It would appear that they might have been cut-up with scissors.
"Obviously whoever cut it up took a long time, a very, very determined effort to cut the money up.
"The biggest piece of money was about an inch square... It is a massive jigsaw puzzle."
A Bank of England spokeswoman said: "Providing the bank notes meet the evidence requirements, then an application for reimbursement should be successful."
-Nova
Graham Hill discovered an estimated £10,000 in two bin bags dumped in City Square in Lincoln.
Lincolnshire Police held the money for six months while an investigation was carried out, reports the BBC.
But no-one has come forward to claim it and the force have returned it to Mr Hill as there was no evidence of criminal activity.
Det Con Nick Cobb said: "This was a very unusual case and, despite our inquiries the circumstances of why and how the money came to be torn up and put in the bin, remains a mystery."
The binman will get a new note for each one he pieces back together, but this could prove difficult.
Det Con Cobb added: "It would appear that they might have been cut-up with scissors.
"Obviously whoever cut it up took a long time, a very, very determined effort to cut the money up.
"The biggest piece of money was about an inch square... It is a massive jigsaw puzzle."
A Bank of England spokeswoman said: "Providing the bank notes meet the evidence requirements, then an application for reimbursement should be successful."
-Nova