Rapist serving life wins Lottery
 

A rapist serving a life sentence in prison has sparked outrage after landing a £7 million lottery jackpot.

Iorworth Hoare, 52, was on temporary release staying at a Middlesbrough bail hostel when he won his £7,039,469 fortune in last Saturday's Lotto Extra draw.

Other prisoners said Hoare looked "really smug" when he told them of his luck and reportedly said: "I'm made for life now."

He added: "I'm going to be sound for the rest of my life. I'll do well from here on in till the day I die."

But he cannot spend it until he gets out - prison rules prevent any inmate spending more than £2 a day even if he has millions to his name.

Hoare, formerly of Seacroft Gate, Leeds, was jailed for life at Leeds Crown Court in 1989 for attempting to rape a 60-year-old woman in a park in the city.

According to newspaper reports, Hoare, a coal miner's son, began a series of sex attacks while he was still in his 20s and was sentenced to a total of 18 years.

His catalogue of crimes include one rape, two attempted rapes and three indecent assaults.

Under Home Office guidelines prisoners in open conditions - on a day release or community project - are allowed to take part in the lottery and claim prizes. They can also play the football pools and buy Premium Bonds.

Before the win, Hoare was a category D prisoner at Leyhill open prison and was spending weekend leave at Middlesbrough. Following the win, he was moved to a closed prison in Somerset for "security and his own safety".



Maybe he should be forced to donate the money to the people whose lives he ruined...

Pip

If he's in for life, how's he gonna spend it when he gets out? :shrug:

I like your idea of making him donate it to the victims' families. If only that could happen.

Life never means life over here. I think this guy is only in for 18 years and was sentenced in 89.

Pip

Does that at least mean he'll serve the whole 18?

That's the best idea possible.

I'm a big ol' bleeding heart liberal (big surprise, eh?), but the moment someone takes away another person's life or sense of well-being, I lose all compassion.

I am unsure of the law there - there may be a rule against convicts winning the lottery because they are prohibited against gambling, etc. But, if he bought his ticket legally - the money is his. The govt. cannot add additional penalties to his sentence just because he won the lotery. I do think, however, the rape victim(s) and/or their families will be filing a HUGE civil law suit - so some if not most of that money (probably about $2 million after taxes if he taked the cash out) will go to the victims (and, of course their lawyers :wavey: :woohoo: )