'I smashed a window and waited to be arrested just so I had a bed for the night' A veteran rough sleeper has laid bare the horrors of living on the streets at Christmas, as a series of life-saving new homeless pods land just in time for the freezing festive period.
In 15 years of rough sleeping, Mark Griffiths, 58, has slept under railway bridges and in bins, he’s battled pneumonia, been subjected to violent attacks and seen fellow homeless people set on fire.
Now Mark has praised the charity for launching a series of brand new homeless pods, providing a warm bed and shelter just in time for Christmas.
Speaking about his years fighting to stay alive on the streets, Mark told the Mirror how he would beg other rough sleepers to put cardboard beneath them after he nearly died of pneumonia.
Since July, he has been living at the Salvation Army's lifehouse in St Helens, Merseyside - but he says his thoughts are always with people still on the streets at this time of year.
