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That's a shame, and he only go four years, bastard
Thats one of the funniest things I've heard in a while, did she seriously say that with a straight face?!
As I see it one of the great equalisers about the lottery is that everyone's ticket has an equal chance of winning.
Sometimes the people that win are good and sometimes they're bad.
Personally I think the real crime is the way lottery money is wasted
£50 Million on an opera hall, almost a Billion on the worlds largest Tent
I think the guy should get his money once he is freed, but also the victims have the right to sue as well and get a big chunk of it off of him.
He may also have a family or kids and I see no reason why his relatives shouldn't benefit from his winnings if he wants to spread his good fortune to them.
His £1 ticket is no less or more valid then my £1 ticket, it's the luck of the draw.
I think premium bonds are a con up to a point, they often appeal to old people like my 75 Year old Aunt who has £20,000 in bonds, and gets zero interest on her money, but wins about £100 a year in prizes on the £20,000 If she put the money in the bank she'd get interest on it of about 4% to 5% worth about £800 to £1,000 a year and if she didn't spend the interest her money would keep growing.
A few hundred quid on the bonds is OK but people tend to think the more you have the more your chance of winning the £1 million pound prize per month.
I'm not getting into the whole "should he have been out" debate because it irrelevant. He was, he played, he won. 14 million-to-1 shot and the bastard got lucky.
For once I will actually support a huge claim for damages from his victims and would love to see a huge payout because he has come into this money.
Still, another thought, how frustratting must it be to have won that amount but be stuck inside unable to access it...?
Legally there is nothing they can do, but I'm sure Blunket will try.
Yup move the goal-posts
How long has he been inside then? Limitations is six years.
Well actually it's six years from the time that the injury appeared (Kermit can you clarify) so there could be a convenient recent diagnosis...?
The way she was responding she knew there was no way either but they were going to do something about that.
You see, that's my approach.
I figure that there are plenty of people who, we could argue, are not "deserving" of a lottery win. A certain cocaine snorting, car craching, middle-finger waving, bling wearer springs to mind.
But ultimatley his access to lottery tickets and his win really cannot be considered in connection with his imprisonment. Especially as his outside access was part of his "rehabilitation".
Now, if we want to get into a whole "should rapists ever be released" argument then that is different. All this man (and I use that word loosely) did was access his rights and the bastard got lucky.
I guess, that ultimatley the whole debate has more to do with envy than anything else...
Well i suspect his victims do actually. And victim support, clearly the government is slightly miffed by it. And considering I think he should have been strung up by his equipment on a rusty meat hook until it was torn off and he fell onto nails and broken glass to die slowly. I don't think he deserves it either.
Sorry, I don't get it. He legally entered the lottery, he legally won.
End of.
Well clearly not, otherwise we wouldn't have had a discussion about it. I think the point is more whether he
Separate issue from the lottery
Are shopkeepers gonna check the criminal record of every person who buys a ticket?
Its his money, he can do what he wants with it.