Matt Topham (left) heading towards Lincoln Crown Court as his trial continues. | Photo: Stephen Daniels
A Euromillions winner who caused a fatal Christmas Day crash when he took his eyes off the road to retrieve his two-year old’s teddy told a jury he wished he had stopped his car to get the toy.
Matt Topham, 31, who won £45 million in 2012, was approaching a left hand bend on a country road near Louth, when he turned round to look for the teddy in the footwell of his BMW X6 and veered into the opposite carriageway.
Topham said the child was upset because of his teddy, but rather than stopping his vehicle to find the bear he instinctively reacted to the “piercing scream” from his son and took his eyes from the road.