Homeless Ex-Soldier speaks to KEY103

''I'm no different from the next homeless guy"

Published 21st Sep 2015

A homeless man in Manchester who revealed he was an ex-British soldier has been speaking to KEY103 about the reaction his story is getting.

Billy has been on the streets now for about nine weeks.

After revealing on a piece of cardboard that he was a former soldier his story became the talk of twitter - with Anthony Cotton from Corrie asking Manchester to help him:

Our Chief Reporter Michelle Livesey managed to track Billy down.

LISTEN: As he talks her through life on the streets and how people have reacted to his former status as a serving soldier: