By Press Association 2021
Matthew Topham
A lottery winner has been spared jail despite killing a pensioner in a Christmas Day road crash.
Matthew Topham admitted causing the death of 75-year-old Mary Jane Regler by careless driving on December 25, 2019 after taking his eyes off the road to retrieve his screaming two-year-old son’s teddy bear.
The 31-year-old won £45 million on the EuroMillions in 2012, and Lincoln Crown Court heard he had spent some of the money on a collection of cars, a house for his wife’s parents and helping his dad retire.
After the hearing, Topham issued a statement which read: “I cannot begin to express the remorse I feel about the tragic events of December 25, 2019.
Matthew Topham admitted causing the death of pensioner Mary Jane Regler on Christmas Day 2019 in Lincolnshire. The jury accepted Topham s submissions that his driving was only careless.
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