A random act of kindness was met with a mixture of gratitude and paranoia.

Stuart Rayfield had just finished his lunch and was putting the rubbish in a bin when he spotted a present left on a bench inside The Forum shopping centre.

The 27-year-old, who has cerebral palsy and is wheelchair- bound, said: “I thought someone had left it by mistake.

“I didn’t want to touch it, so I went and found a security guard so it could be put in lost property.

“He came over and I showed him where I found it. When he picked it up and looked at the label he said ‘I think it might be yours’ and read out the label.”

“It was a bit of a surprise and a bit unexpected. I’ve heard of this sort of thing happening before but you don’t expect it in Sittingbourne" - Mr Rayfield

The message on the tag said: ‘For whoever finds this gift, it is yours xx Copycat.’

The former Westlands School pupil said: “He called his colleague over and they had a feel of it.

“I opened it and they stayed with me. Inside was a book called ‘Life Is What We Make It’.

“Inside was a card which I showed them.

It said ‘Remember how you felt when you opened this gift? Please spread this positive message on Twitter #accidentalhappiness’.

“It was a bit of a surprise and a bit unexpected. I’ve heard of this sort of thing happening before but you don’t expect it in Sittingbourne.

“I started to read it that night, it’s poems. To be honest it’s not my sort of thing but it was a nice gesture.”

Mr Rayfield discovered the gift at about 3pm on February 24.

It’s not the first time a stranger has left a gift in the town for someone to find.

In August last year Mel Davenport discovered a wrapped parcel complete with a green foil bow left in a trolley at Asda in Mill Way.

The mum-of-three was with husband David and her two daughters at the time.

After ripping off the paper, the family found a book called ‘The Funniest Thing You Never Said’.

The message on the tag and inside the book were the same as those written on Mr Rayfield’s.

When they looked up #accidentalhappiness on Twitter they saw another book wrapped in the same paper and with the same notes, had been found at Minster beach on Sheppey.