A busker from Suffolk, who has taken to performing inside a rubbish bin has had to get a guard dog to stop people from stealing his takings.

The thirty one year old singer and guitarist saw a man inside a rubbish bin one day and decided that he would like to try it for himself. He was thrilled when he realised that he could fit inside. Later, Charlie Covey, learnt to play the guitar and decided it might be a good idea to try busking as a way of raising some extra money. A friend reminded him about how he once fitted inside a bin and he decided that it would make a good novelty act if he played his instrument and sang from inside a rubbish bin.

He manages to attract crowds of people in Cambridge, where he plays, because they often cannot work out where the music is coming from. They all crowd around the bin while he performs, trying to figure out why the music is coming from a rubbish bin. The problem he has is that he cannot get out of the bin very quickly, as it is a tight squeeze and so he has had a problem with the money that he has collected being stolen.

This is the reason why he has now bought a dog called Obi and takes the dog which is a  Jack Russell with him when he is performing. The dog stands guard on the top of the bin, making sure that no one is tempted to pick up any of the money that he has earned. He explained that in the past people may have thought it was just free money, because they could not see anyone performing. Now the dog is there they know that the money belongs to someone and never take it.