The kindhearted gesture was snapped and went viral (Picture: South Beds)

Is your heart warm yet? It will be once you’ve read the story behind this picture.

The image shows PC Chris Stevens and great-grandfather Richard Walker walking hand in hand.

The 83-year-old caught the wrong bus and was faced with a quarter-mile hike home in Kingsthorpe, Northampton.

PC Stevens spotted Richard leaning up against a wall.


He grabbed his heavy shopping bag and offered to walk the elderly man home.

A photo of the kindhearted gesture was snapped and, inevitably, went viral.

PC Chris Stevens said it’s nice to see police getting recognition (Picture: PA)

Richard said: ‘I got off the bus when I realised it wasn’t going on the route I thought it would take.



‘It meant I had a few hundred yards to walk and that’s when the officer saw me and asked if I was alright.

‘He helped me cross over the road and took hold of my shopping and walked me home. We just chatted and passed the time. He did a good job and I’m grateful.’

Mr Stevens added: ‘His wife looked a bit shocked when she opened the door and I was there with him, but he was fine.

‘It’s nice that the police are getting recognition for doing good things, but it’s nothing more than any of my colleagues would have done. These things happen on a daily basis up and down the country.’

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