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Three schoolboys gave their Halloween sweets to a homeless man, in a heartwarming act of kindness.

Twins Joel and Shea Beck, nine, and their friend Corey More, 11, from Prenton handed over their haul from a Halloween sweets hunt, after spotting a homeless man on the street yesterday.

The boys had been visiting Pyramid Shopping Centre with Joel and Shea’s mum Charlene, where they were collecting sweets in a half term Halloween hunt.

When they boys were finished gathering sweets from shops in the arcade, they spotted a homeless man sat outside and made their kind gesture.

Joel said: “After we did the sweet hunt we went out to the man and saw he was sitting on the floor, so we gave him a lolly pop and because we had loads we gave him some more.”

He added they shared their “because he must have been hungry and he was lonely.”

(Image: Colin Lane)

Joel, Shea and Corey’s mums said they were incredibly proud of their sons for making such a selfless gesture.

Corey’s mum Michaela Donnelly told the ECHO: “Corey came home and told me what he had done last night - I was so pleased with him. He has always been a kind and caring boy. I’m a super proud mum.”

Their random act of kindness was spotted by passerby Fiona Stewart, 28, who went over to speak to the boys because she was worried they were bothering the homeless man.

Fiona, from Liverpool, said: “I saw this middle aged homeless man on the floor asking people for change and saw the three lads going over and thought they might have been bothering him.

“I said to the three boys, ‘I’m so sorry, I thought you were bothering him’ and they said ‘we’re just giving him sweets’. It was such a selfless act.”

She added: “ Birkenhead hasn’t got the best name so it was such a lovely thing to see.”

Fiona took to social media to try and find the boys’ parents to let them know about their lovely gesture.

Her post in community Facebook group Wallasey Gossip said: “I was working with a client in Birkenhead today and noticed three young boys hovering around a homeless man... I went closer to make sure they weren’t bothering him to find that they were giving him all their Halloween sweets and treats.

“I still feel awful for assuming the worst when they were doing the total opposite. This has warmed my heart massively!

“I told the three lads I thought what they had done was a lovely gesture and there should be more young people with compassion like them, the boys names were Corey, and twin brothers Joel and Shea.

“I asked the lads their names because I’d like to get a message to their parents just to let them know the good deeds their kids have done today, the fact they did this on their own without being told to just speaks volumes about these kids characters... and they definitely deserve a late bedtime and extra treats after tea.

“They literally made my heart melt! Well Done Boys!”