Inside the life of Lotto winner who scooped £5m but ended up a penniless benefit scrounger
They both received nine months’ jail suspended for 18 months.
During the trial, the court heard how Candlish had been struggling to get by on just a £125-a-week wage as a factory worker when he scooped theHe split his fortune with his parents and sister and also forked out £370,000 to buy seven homes on the Gateshead estate where he lived, so his family could all live near one another.Mitigating for both at the trial, Vince Ward said that since his win Candlish had fallen on hard times.In 2010, Candlish flew home from Spain without a penny.
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