Euromillions winner Matthew Topham, of Swinderby, sentencing for death of woman by careless driving on Christmas Day
| Updated: 09:29, 12 March 2021
A Euromillions jackpot winner has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting causing the death of a woman on Christmas Day by careless driving.
Matthew Topham, of Eagle Road, Swinderby, was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to causing the death of Mary Regler.
He was cleared by a jury of causing Mrs Regler s death by dangerous driving after a trial.
Matthew Topham, of Eagle Road, Swinderby. (45081695)
Along with the 16-week suspended sentence he was handed a three-month curfew between 7pm and 7am and has been disqualified from driving for 12 months.
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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