CONVICTED RAPIST WHO WON MILLIONS ON THE LOTTERY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS IN PRISON FOR FRAUD
2012.A convicted rapist who won millions on the lottery has been sentenced to nine months in prison for fraudently claiming around £13,000 in benefits.
Despite banking £5m in September 2009, Edward Putman kept applying for his housing benefit and income support.
The 47-year-old, from Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, even sent letters to the Department for Work and Pensions and his local council claiming he was so broke he could not afford to eat.
But, in reality, Putman was enjoying his millions, buying a new house and two sports cars.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of benefit fraud.