{"id":118579,"date":"2023-09-28T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=118579"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:10:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:10:57","slug":"homeless-man-sleeps-in-woods-as-uk-town-is-so-dangerous-junkies-will-stab-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/homeless-man-sleeps-in-woods-as-uk-town-is-so-dangerous-junkies-will-stab-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless man sleeps in woods as UK town is so dangerous ‘junkies will stab you’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A homeless bloke living in a run-down seaside town says he sleeps in a shelter in woods, well away from the town centre, because the local drug addicts will \u201cstab you with a needle\u201d. Jappa lives on the streets in Torquay, Devon, making a little cash by making and selling handicrafts.<\/p>\n

    Torquay has a serious homelessness problem which Jappa says is largely down to the collapse of local industry. \u201cAll the businesses are shutting down and moving away from the area to find other areas and locations and set up the big home depots,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

    Many of the shops on Torquay's high street are boarded up. Jappa told podcaster Wendell: \u201cOnly half of the stores are open, the council charge way too much rent for the premises, so [business owners] can\u2019t occupy them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThere was a coffee shop owner who said it cost him \u00a3400 to turn the key in the door before he even started trading. He had to make that back in coffee sales \u2013 which he couldn\u2019t do so he only traded for a couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Japper says he\u2019s built a "bender" \u2013 a simple shelter made of branches and twigs \u2013 in nearby woodland to sleep in. "It\u2019s a good couple of miles to walk into town,\u201d he said, but added that he\u2019s better off because it means he\u2019s \u201csafe and away from heroin addicts\u201d.<\/p>\n

    Sleeping in the town itself can be "incredibly dangerous", Jappa added. He continued: \u201cThey will stab you with needles if they feel pressured in anyway. Maybe they\u2019re thieving, and they feel pressured, they\u2019ll stab you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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