Any one hear about this?

[ero]

I was wondering if any of you from the UK heard about this:

Rapist scoops £7m on Lotto Extra
A man serving a life sentence for attempted rape has won £7m on the National Lottery.

Iorworth Hoare, 52, was on release from Leyhill open prison in Gloucestershire when he bought his winning ticket for Saturday's Lotto Extra draw.

He is understood to have been staying at a bail hostel in Middlesbrough.
Hoare, who has a history of previous sex crimes, including rape, was one of three winners to share Saturday's £21m Lotto Extra jackpot. Under Home Office guidelines, prisoners on temporary release from jail are allowed to play the lottery and can claim a winning prize. But the government department also said the prisoner's access to the money would be restricted while he was in custody.

Tory leader Michael Howard said there seemed to be "something very odd in the arrangements" that allowed prisoners to play the lottery.

"Prisoners are not allowed to do the football pools, they are not allowed to buy premium bonds but they are allowed to buy lottery tickets. That doesn't seem to make sense," Mr Howard said.

Its appualling how a prisoner like that can get away with keeping 7mil, dont you think?

If anyone wants to read more of the news story it can be found here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3554008.stm

 

[netPH]

the lucky unlucky man

 

[Lord]

lol, why's it appauling? not like he can use it if hes serving a life sentence

 

[RJ]

Guy wins £7 and still has to spend the rest of his life in prison? That would be torture to have that kind of money and not be able to use it. Sounds a little like an episode of the Twilight Zone.

 

[ero]

He is allowed to spend it though, as its not life imprisonment, its a life sentance and in the UK, you get out on bail after a mimimum of years, and then your really free soon after that.
The article also states he will be able to use it but only little ammounts at a time.