A convicted rapist and fraudster who used a cast Nationwide Lottery ticket to assert a £2.5million jackpot faces six extra years in jail until he fingers over greater than £900,000 inside three months.
Edward Putman, 56, was discovered responsible in October 2019 of utilizing a cast successful ticket to assert £2.5million after he conspired with Lottery insider Giles Knibbs, who labored in Camelot’s safety division.
The previous bricklayer, who informed Camelot he had discovered the solid successful ticket beneath the seat of his van, was sentenced to 9 years in jail for the rip-off.
He had beforehand been sentenced to seven years in jail in 1993 after he raped a pregnant 17-year-old lady.
In a listening to at St Albans Crown Courtroom at the moment, Putman was informed one other six years could possibly be added to his sentence if he doesn’t hand over his belongings, valued at £939,782.44, inside three months.
Edward Putman, 56, was discovered responsible in October 2019 of utilizing a cast successful ticket to assert £2.5million
He may additionally lose his home and land in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, the place he had deliberate to construct a lodge
The home, near the M25, presently stands in a scruffy, unkempt state with curtains drawn shut and the land resembles a automobile graveyard with at the very least twenty automobiles and vans parked up alongside caravans and cellular properties.
In a listening to at the moment, prosecutor Adam Pearson mentioned the profit Putman had obtained from the fraud was £2,525,495 and the accessible quantity for confiscation was £939,782.44.
His barrister Lawrence Selby mentioned: ‘Mr Putman doesn’t settle for or agree the profit determine or realisable belongings, however is not going to be contesting these proceedings.’
Choose Philip Gray mentioned he’ll give a proper ruling later, however would impose an additional six years in jail if the cash was not paid inside three months.
Throughout his trial the jury heard Putman had conspired with Lottery insider Giles Knibbs, who labored in Camelot’s safety division, to current a faux ticket.
The precise successful ticket, which was by no means claimed, was purchased at a Co-op retailer in Worcester on March 11, 2009.
One August 28 that yr, simply earlier than the 180-day declare deadline, Putman referred to as Camelot to return ahead because the winner and mentioned he discovered the ticket beneath the seat of his van.
Putman was informed one other six years could possibly be added to his sentence if he doesn’t hand over his belongings, valued at £939,782.44
He had beforehand been despatched to jail for seven years in 1993 after he raped a pregnant 17-year-old lady
Putman referred to as Camelot to return ahead because the winner and mentioned he discovered the ticket beneath the seat of his van. The ticket was accepted as genuine although it was lacking a barcode
Putman submitted the ticket and it was accepted as genuine by Camelot although it was lacking a barcode.
Though he pocketed the winnings, Putman, of Kings Langley, was sentenced in 2012 to 9 months for a profit fraud after claiming £13,000 in housing and revenue assist.
The fraud then started to unravel on October 5, 2015 when Mr Knibbs, 38, took his personal life and confessed to mates that he and Putman had ‘conned’ the Lottery.
In June 2015, Putman went to the police alleging Mr Knibbs had threatened to disclose his earlier convictions for the rape of a 17-year-old lady and a advantages fraud in 2012.
He additionally reported that Mr Knibbs had stolen his cell phone and broken the wing mirror on his automotive.
Putman denied that between August 28 and September 8, 2009, along with Giles Knibbs, he dishonestly made a false illustration, specifically produced a fraudulent Nationwide Lottery ticket, aspiring to make a acquire, specifically £2,525,485 for himself.
Nevertheless he was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 9 years in jail.
Passing sentence on the time, Choose Gray mentioned the ‘refined, rigorously deliberate, and diligently operated fraud’ struck on the coronary heart of the integrity of the Nationwide Lottery.
The previous bricklayer may lose his home and land in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire in Hertfordshire
He mentioned: ‘You’d have gotten away with this however fairly plainly you had been grasping.
‘Regardless of the precise financial cut up you and Mr Knibbs had agreed, you didn’t pay him what cut up he felt he was owed. The 2 of you fell out spectacularly.
‘This crime struck on the integrity of the Nationwide Lottery. You’ve gotten additionally undermined the general public’s belief within the Lottery itself.’
In 2012, Putman was sentenced to 9 months for profit fraud after happening to assert £13,000 in housing and revenue assist regardless of his jackpot win.