'I blew the lot' £5.5m lottery winner flees Spain as bank seizes villa and bar

'I blew the lot' £5.5m lottery winner flees Spain penniless as bank seizes villa and bar


When Lawrence Candlish won £5.5million on the National Lottery in 1997 it promised to make his dreams come true, including buying himself the double hip replacement he needed.
The generous factory worker immediately shared his fortune with his many relatives, splashing out £370,000 to buy seven houses in the same street in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear so that they could be close together.
Eventually he moved with his family to Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca to make a new life.
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Unlucky: Lawrence Candlish who won £5.5 million on the Lottery and moved to Spain is reported to be back home in England, broke


But now the 36-year-old Newcastle United fan is back in England and admits he has 'blown the lot.'

The penniless Geordie's Spanish villa has been seized by the bank and he has abandoned his Irish-themed pub.
His sister has also lost her Spanish home and his mother's may follow. It is reported that Lawrence, 36, was so broke he had to borrow his taxi fare to the airport.

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Since the hard-drinking Geordies win, which put him at 61 on the Sunday Times rich list, fortune has not been kind to him.
His best friend died, and in 2000 he and his family fled Tyneside after thugs torched his house and his sister's car.
Then, in 2009, his beloved father was found hanged in the home his son bought him.
Before Lawrence returned home from Spain, he told friends on Facebook: 'I won the lottery 13 years ago and blew the lot so I have plenty of stories to tell.'
He added, worryingly, 'Mite have 6 grams of coke so I can chew me ear off watching Emmerdale.'




another lottery loser Micheal Carrol

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Lawrence's story echoes that of former binman Michael Carroll who turned up to collect his £9.7million win wearing an electronic offender's tag.
Nine years on, the self-styled King of Chavs, is back to where he started - on the dole after squandering his fortune on drugs, gambling and thousands of prostitutes.
But last year he insisted he is just as happy getting £42 a week in jobseeker's allowance.
Carroll said: 'The party has ended and it's back to reality. I haven't got two pennies to rub together and that's the way I like it. I find it easier to live off £42 dole than a million."

'It's a bit strange going on the dole again because that's what I was doing before I won.

Fools and their money etc

[quote="blue"] splashing out £370,000 to buy seven houses in the same street in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. QUOTE]

Class!! :)

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Eventually he moved with his family to Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca to make a new life.

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Classy - Blackpool with sun :)

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Unlucky: Lawrence Candlish

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Maybe not but at least he made his money last 13 years, more than some :)

They describe the one guy as "unlucky" because he lost it all ? more like mentally retarded.

At 5% interest, the guy with 5 million could have been making $25000 a month for ever.

Maybe the "6 grams of coke" has a lot to do with it ? What a prize prat .
Still nevermind he can run off back to Blighty and the taxpayers can bail him out .

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Since the hard-drinking Geordies win, which put him at 61 on the Sunday Times rich list

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5.5 Mil? No. 61!!

Fuck me, there's a lot of poor people in the UK now. :( Hmmm... Didn't think I'd be in the top 10,000 ever, but maybe I'm in the top 100 now. :)

They're doing no favour to these oiks unconditionally giving therm that sort of money.
Any winnings over a million squid should just be converted to an index linked lifetime annuity.

I won 2 Swiss francs the other day...

lottery is a scam, government should seize all that money before those fools are left loose

These guys were dumb paying for tickets.

I've won the Canadian lottery several times, despite having never bought a ticket or ever going there.

Pissed a fortune up against the wall and now expects the dole.
Ermmm......
No, let them starve.

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including buying himself the double hip replacement he needed

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Damn, that's his disability benefits scuppered

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Pissed a fortune up against the wall

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... and snorted the rest up his nose.

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Pissed a fortune up against the wall and now expects the dole.
Ermmm......
No, let them starve.

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Quite right.
I like to think I'd do better.
Buy or build a block of flats is what I've always imaged I'd do.
What would you do?

If the bank has taken his villa and bar,he must have in debt too!! :)

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What would you do?

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Not tell a fucking soul for a starter.....

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Not tell a fucking soul for a starter.....

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Hell, no.

But somehow I don't think discretion is high on the list of attributes for these people:

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he told friends on Facebook: 'I won the lottery 13 years ago and blew the lot so I have plenty of stories to tell.'
He added, worryingly, 'Mite have 6 grams of coke so I can chew me ear off watching Emmerdale.'

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What does that even mean? "chew me ear off watching emmerdale"

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What does that even mean? "chew me ear off watching emmerdale"

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Basically that he has an accute case of being thoroughly retarded..

Shouldn't the headline read, "Some Geordie scumbag stiffs Spanish bank."

fair play to them. bet they enjoyed there wealth while it lasted.
They both came from nothing
Its the dickheads who say "it wont change me" and continue living in the same house doing the same job. taking the same shit jollies to Bournmouth and dyin the richest fokker in the graveyard I dont understand

Sounds like he was pretty generous with his money. Maybe that was his biggest mistake. At least it sounds like he enjoyed himself. Winning that amount of money at 22 years of age, and when you are not used to having much at all must be very difficult to come to terms with.

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Sounds like he was pretty generous with his money. Maybe that was his biggest mistake. At least it sounds like he enjoyed himself. Winning that amount of money at 22 years of age, and when you are not used to having much at all must be very difficult to come to terms with.

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fcuk off

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Sounds like he was pretty generous with his money. Maybe that was his biggest mistake. At least it sounds like he enjoyed himself. Winning that amount of money at 22 years of age, and when you are not used to having much at all must be very difficult to come to terms with.

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Thousands of hookers sounds like fun....except I ain't got that much jam!:(

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Sounds like he was pretty generous with his money. Maybe that was his biggest mistake. At least it sounds like he enjoyed himself. Winning that amount of money at 22 years of age, and when you are not used to having much at all must be very difficult to come to terms with.

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what an intellectual breakthrough it takes to realize that you should save some money considering you might live to 85.

What this guy did is dumber then anything that has been written on this forum before. Dumber then giving your 5 year old a shoulder ride on a scooter drunk. He should be shot.