Pensioner hands in purse with 7,000 euros

(ANSA) – Milan, October 22 – A pensioner on Tuesday handed in a purse he found containing 7,000 euros to police near Milan.

“I wouldn’t have slept at night if I’d kept it,” the 78-year-old was reported to have told officers.

The owner, a Swiss woman who dropped it in a supermarket carpark, gave him a 700-euro reward.