Millionaire Lotto winner is a convicted rapist who assaulted a teenage girl and served four years in jail
Pervert is the second rapist in Britain made a multi-millionaire by the National Lottery
DAN HOWELL
The vile rapist who won £4.5million on the National Lottery could now face legal action by his victim for a slice of his fortune.
The girl, only 17 at the time, could have a legal precedent on her side because Iorworth Hoare, the first Lotto rapist, paid £100,000 of his winnings to his victim in an out-of-court settlement.
The new sex beast, who was sentenced to seven years for his horrific assault on the girl, had previously served a separate term for knifing a neighbour.
The news will shock Brits who spend £28 million a week on the Lottery, which supports good causes.
The man, who the Sunday Mirror is not naming for legal reasons, landed his bonanza in 2009, five years after another sex attacker won £7.2million on the Lotto.
The second rapist, now in his 40s, kept his fortune secret from friends and family and opted for “no publicity” after his win.
But we can reveal that he raped the girl in 1992 in Milton Keynes, Bucks, where he was living at the time. The victim was left traumatised after the attack, and went to the police immediately.
As he awaited trial, the rapist then launched a campaign to frighten her key witness. He was convicted of witness intimidation and perverting justice as well as rape.
The attacker was sentenced to seven years in January 1993 at Northampton Crown Court and freed on parole after serving four years. He was not put on the Sex Offenders register because it was not a legal requirement at the time.
The man, whose life has now been transformed by his Lotto win three years ago, stabbed the neighbour – also a work colleague – in an altercation in the street.
He was convicted of wounding with intent and sentenced to a year in jail around 25 years ago.
A neighbour of that victim, describing the man as “an absolute monster”, said: “This was all years ago. He probably isn’t as bad now he’s got money.
“He’s just interested in power really... that’s what makes him tick. He was incredibly controlling.”
The convicted sex attackers’s Lotto win follows Iorworth Hoare’s amazing luck with a Lotto Extra ticket bought while on day-release from a life sentence for rape.
His win sparked a public outcry and calls for the National Lottery winners to be vetted before they are awarded their prize.
Hoare raped retired teacher Shirley Woodman, 82, in Roundhay Park, Leeds, in 1988 and was convicted the following year.
Hoare, 52 at the time of the win, was on release from Leyhill open prison in Gloucestershire when he bought his winning ticket in 2004 and won a three-way share of a £21million jackpot.
His win was legal under Home Office guidelines that state prisoners in open conditions, on a day release or a community project, are allowed to play the lottery.
Mrs Woodman, who had been known as “Mrs A” until she waived her anonymity this year, sued for damages when she heard of his win. However, Hoare, who had a history of sex crimes including rape, contested the claim, arguing that victims of sex attacks must make their claims within six years.
A four-year court battle ensued but in 2009 Hoare agreed to pay her £100,000 compensation in an out-of-court settlement.
Since his win, Hoare’s fortune can be accessed only with the consent of the Home Office and he was restricted to £8,666 a month under his conditions of release.
He has had problems finding a home to settle down in since being freed from prison in 2005. Just last year, he was forced to leave his six-bedroom £700,000 detached house in Newcastle after the words “Leave or die” were spray-painted on the gates.
In 2009, Government plans were drawn up to confiscate windfalls of violent criminals who injure their victims and go on to win the lottery.
However, the scheme – proposed by then Justice Secretary Jack Straw – was never implemented because of opposition from some Tory and Lib Dem MPs, who described them as unrealistic.
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