A fire at the home of a National Lottery fraudster, who is currently in prison, is being treated as arson by the emergency services.
Firefighters were called to a house fire in Station Road, Kings Langley, shortly before 2.30pm on Monday .
But the fraud was unravelled in 2015 when Mr Knibbs, 38, committed suicide. He had confessed to friends that he and Putman had"conned" the lottery.Edward Putman. Image: Hertfordshire Constabulary In January 2022, it was reported that a further six years could be added to Putman’s nine-year sentence.
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