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Donations pour in for homeless woman after she foils robbery

Lottie and her dog Marley Credit: Lush Oxford

A fund has been set up to help a homeless woman who foiled a robbery at an Oxford beauty shop.

The young woman, called Lottie, confronted an intruder at the Lush store in Cornmarket Street following a raid.

Staff discovered that a laptop and cosmetics had disappeared when they opened the shop on Wednesday.

But the following day, Lottie, who sleeps rough outside the store with her dog Marley, returned the goods, explaining they'd been dumped by the man she confronted, after she spotted him acting suspiciously.

Credit: Facebook

Staff at Lush were so grateful that they've set up a fundraising page to thank Lottie for her courage.

They posted the full story on their Facebook page:

We have known Lottie for years, and have always felt safer with her outside of our shop.

Lottie knows us, knows our delivery staff, knows LUSH.

She knew that the man walking out of our shop was not us, and she did the extraordinarily brave thing of challenging him.

And taking back what was not his; returning a box worth over a thousand pounds back to us. We want to share what Lottie did with all of you, because we are greatly moved by her selfless actions in protecting us, and want to thank her from the bottom of our hearts.

– Staff at Lush

Thames Valley Police confirmed they were called to an attempted burglary in the early hours of February 10th

There were reports that goods and a laptop had been taken, which were then reportedly returned by a member of the public.

A JustGiving page has so far raised £1300 for both Lottie and homeless projects in the city.

For more information about how to support Lottie and Oxford's homeless, click here