Alan Barnes (pictured) moved into a new home with the money raised for him by Katie Cutler after he was mugged

Disabled mugging victim Alan Barnes has offered just £10 to an indebted woman who raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for him.

The 68-year-old moved into a new home with the money raised for him by Katie Cutler after he was mugged.

Now she is embroiled in a cash crisis over a £6,687 public relations bill from an agency which says it helped her achieve 'blanket coverage' of her cause.

But despite receiving nearly £330,000 in donations from well-wishers after her fundraising campaign, Mr Barnes says he will help her with just a small amount as he does not wish to 'show off'.

He also believes he should not use money given in charity to him to pay off the debt.

The news sparked a furious reaction online from trolls who launched a tirade of abuse at Mr Barnes.

But Ms Cutler has urged people not to criticise the pensioner over his decision, saying: 'The money raised was Alan's and that money was for him - it should stay with him. He can do what he wants with it.'

Mr Barnes was left with a broken collarbone when he was pushed over while putting his bins out in Low Fell, Gateshead, last year.

Money began to pour in for the 4ft 6in Christian after beautician Ms Cutler set up an online fundraising page on the Go Fund Me website.

Katie Cutler (left) raised £330,000 for Alan Barnes. She's now being chased over a £7,000 PR bill relating to the fundraiser, and he has offered to donate £10 to help her

Within three weeks she had raised £330,000 for Mr Barnes, who bought a house.

After her charitable endeavour, Ms Cutler, also from ­Gateshead, had announced plans to launch The Katie Cutler Foundation to help raise money for others.

But now she is being threatened with bailiffs after being landed with a £6,687 PR bill.

Claire Barber, of Alnwick, Northumberland, offered to help raise the profile of that cause for £550 a day through public relations.

But because Ms Cutler donated the money raised to Mr Barnes and other good causes, she says she does not have the cash which Ms Barber is now claiming in a county court order.

Mr Barnes, who has put his Gateshead house up for sale, suggested the bill could be paid by fundraisers.

He said: 'I would suggest that someone sets up a small fund to raise money to pay for Katie's PR.

'It's not a big amount and I think a lot of people would actually like to do that for Katie. I'm quite happy to put just a small donation in because I don't want to show off.'

When asked how much he was willing to donate, Alan said: 'A small amount to me is £10 or something.'

He added: 'It's easy for people to say 'he's got a lot of money, cough up' but you got to look into all the alternatives.

'It might seem hard but if I start handing it out, other people might ask for money. It was given to me on the understanding that I use it for myself.

'A lot of people just want it to stay with me.'

His stance sparked criticism on social media - prompting Ms Cutler to leap to his defence, saying: 'I do not think Alan should have to pay anything.'

She added: 'A lot of people think he should have paid that bill because things in that relate to him.

'If you go out for a meal, the richest person does not have to foot the bill. I feel strongly about this.

'The money raised was Alan's and that money was for him - it should stay with him. He can do what he wants with it.

'And he does not deserve this abuse. He is a vulnerable adult - I have been brought up around vulnerable adults - and the abuse is not nice.'

Mr Barnes, who says he has not seen Ms Cutler for over a year, plans to live off the money she raised for him.

He says he will make a donation to charity when he dies from any leftover cash.

The pensioner has not seen Ms Cutler in more than a year - she helped him buy a new house

Ms Barber, CEO of Claire Barber PR, said in a statement: 'Katie Cutler employed Claire Barber PR to handle her PR in March 2015.

'We worked together for four months achieving blanket bespoke PR coverage across almost every national newspaper, multiple TV news channels across the North East and UK including Sky, ITN, ITV, the BBC and Channel 4, Radio 2 and an exclusive negotiated interview on ITV This Morning that took a considerable amount of time to set up. Also hundreds of emails, calls and planning.

'It was an enormous amount of work with phenomenal success. Katie made two payments in June 2015, then proceeded to write all over social media her shock at getting our bill (which was agreed prior to any work undertaken).

'At this point we offered her a payment plan, but she wouldn't respond to anything. As a small family business with an impeccable reputation and after over a year and still no payment, we had no choice but to go to the small claims court.'

'Katie didn't respond with any defence to the small claims court either other than acknowledgement of papers. We are a small, hard working company and we are simply not able to carry this debt.

'We are incredibly shocked with the way Katie has belittled our hard work and devotion to the four-month project that Katie commissioned us for.'

In the months after the mugging, Mr Barnes got a 'calling from God' to move to the Shetland Islands.

But he decided to stay put and is now looking for another home in the Gateshead area.