A launderette has moved a tramp in – to act as overnight security.

Homeless Barry Martin, 50, keeps vigil in the shop in Crawley, West Sussex, after a window was broken last month.

Owner Daniel Capstick refuses to have it mended after claiming the council broke it, reports the Daily Mirror.

Mr Capstick said: “You get yobs hanging about outside so Barry gives us a bit of security.”

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