WHEN Donna Shute saw four boys surrounding an elderly lady and holding her handbag she thought a mugging was taking place, reports Leigh Journal.
But in fact the 11 and 12-year-old Fred Longworth High School pupils had spotted the pensioner walking in an unsteady manner and had kindly offered to escort her to The Royal pub on Wigan Road, linking her arms to keep her upright.
Donna initially feared the worst following a recent spate of robberies on pensioners in Atherton and Leigh, praised thoughtful youngsters Brad Yates, Malik Bedingfield, Lewis McDonough and Louis Christey and said the incident last Tuesday afternoon has restored her faith in the next generation.
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