Pensioner 'afraid of thieves' throws out old mattress - but it had £41,000 life savings in it

The pistillate successful her 80s called constabulary erstwhile she realised she made the unspeakable mistake and officers and section officials successful Montebelluna, bluish Italy, rallied to assistance her

A pensioner was distraught erstwhile she threw retired an aged mattress - lone to retrieve aft it had been taken distant she had stuffed £41,000 of beingness savings successful it.

The pistillate successful her 80s had chopped unfastened the mattress and stuffed €50,000 (£41,500) successful currency wrong it earlier sewing it up again due to the fact that she is "afraid of thieves" and distrusts banks.

She despaired astatine her mistake and called police, who said she was "rather distraught" astatine the situation. However, officers successful section officials successful Montebelluna, bluish Italy, rallied to assistance her and located the mattress astatine a tip. To the pensioner's surprise, each the wealth was inactive inside.

A constabulary authoritative said today: "She was overjoyed. She looked 10 years younger erstwhile she got the news." The root had said the pistillate "was alternatively distraught erstwhile she rang" aft realising her error.

The lawsuit echoes that of a grandma successful California, US, who found astir £28,000 stuffed successful a sofa she bought online. Vicky discovered the wads of currency wrong 1 of the cushions aft uncovering the acceptable of sofas during a hunt for furnishings to capable her caller home, reported ABC7.

Umodo was delighted to find the wealth successful 2022. She said: "I scrolled down and saw escaped items. So, I clicked connected it, and the archetypal happening I came up with was this household that wanted to springiness a sofa, and everything successful their chamber set. I said possibly it's a gimmick, truthful I called them."

It was existent - unaware of the furniture's concealed cargo of cash, the sellers were giving the sofas distant for escaped pursuing the decease of a loved 1 and the clearing retired of their house. The gran continued: "I conscionable moved in, and I don't person thing successful my house. I was truthful excited, truthful we picked it up and brought it in." She soon made the unthinkable find aft noticing thing was unusual with her cushion.