Thursday, May 05, 2005

UK Lotto Winner Jailed

Melvyn Howlett (45) who won £1.2 million on the UK Lotto was sentenced to three months in prison for trying to smuggle 14,000 pouches of tobacco into the UK.

He said he was stocking up on tobacco to hand out free to guests at his party to celebrate winning - he was found guilty of trying to evade £20,000 of excise duty.

I guess the party will have to wait till Melvyn gets a chance to go back for the beer and wine...

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