A homeless man who stood in the rain to guard a stranger’s £400 has been given a sizeable reward for his good deed.

James John McGeown was standing outside a court in Glasgow when he spotted a car window had been left open with the money in a bag left in “full view”.

He stood outside for two-and-a-half hours waiting for the owner of the vehicle to return before handing the bag into a nearby solicitor’s office.

A grateful John McMonagle, from Clydebank, who had been attending court as a witness with his colleague Alyshia Orford, called the act of kindness “amazing” and decided to start a GoFundMe page to raise money for James.

“Homeless James noticed the window down and seen the handbag,” he explained. “He stood in the frozen rain for two-and-a-half hours to make sure no one entered my car.

“He was so cold he took the bag and rummaged through it to see if there was any ID.”