Britain's most hated millionaire Lotto rapist Iorworth Hoare is celebrating his 71st birthday on Saturday.
The serial sex attacker won the £7.2m jackpot while on weekend leave from a life sentence, the Mirror reports. After a long legal dispute, he was granted full access to his funds.
He has invested it in property, antiques and office space. But he has spent years and nearly £1m avoiding paying compensation to one of his victims.
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The victim's daughter has urged him to give his money to charity, as her mum had done with £50,000 she won in damages from Hoare.
30 years ago, Shirley Woodman won her claim against Hoare for attempted rape as she walked through Roundhay Park in 1998. Shirley died last year.
Hoare was ordered to pay £50,000 in damages as well as £800,000 in legal costs. Shirley's daughter Shelley Wolfson, 57, said: "She gave all the money away to charity - and it is what he should be doing with his money.”
But instead Hoare's investments have seen his finances soar. After being freed in 2005, within three years he was boasting to friends he was worth £10m.
His countryside home has gained around £250,000 in value. He has antiques and even a Picasso to make money over time.
It is thought an office rented by Devon County Council in 2008 made him around £300,000 a year. It's thought his fortune has grown as a result of investments.
He apparently still moaned about having to share the jackpot with two other winners, and his tax bill. He also thought about using the name Edward Frost to become a children's author.
He once wanted to buy a desk Charles Dickens had owned. He was left angry when a trust fund then looking after his winnings wouldn't release the money to buy it.
A source told the Mirror: "Hoare collects for one reason only - to make more money.
“He will spend tens of thousands on new sculptors and artists but he only does it so he can sell them at a later date.
“He never gives a penny to charity and moans about his fund, the tax man, and the two other people who shared the jackpot the night he won. He kept saying ‘They robbed me’.
“He wanted to keep the lot.”
Despite Hoare's fortune, he refused to pay for driving lessons or taxis. Instead he would walk two miles a day to a bus stop near a home he previously had on Millionaire's Row in Ponteland, Newcastle.
He moved out in 2011 after having 'leave or die' written on his front gate. He said in a 2006 interview that he was Britain's most hated millionaire.
Giving evidence using his assumed name Edward Thomas in the trial of a market trade accused of sending him death threats, he said: “When I’m out I tend to look behind myself quite a lot because I’m nervous that somebody might come up behind me.
“So I tend to turn around quite a lot when I’m going for a walk or to the shop.”
Police have recorded 23 'incidents' in 12 months. Hoare gave evidence in the trial of market trader Peter Oates for the postal death threats.
Hoare denied that police had spent £30,000 of taxpayers money on protecting his house. He claimed he had used his own money to upgrade his security.
He told Newcastle Crown Court: "I felt wary when I got the threats and I had to upgrade security on me house. The police advised me about it and came to see me at me house.
“The police did ask if I wanted to move but because me face had been all over the papers I could not see the point in moving again. As far as I know the police don’t spend £30,000 a week protecting myself.
“Because of the Sex Offenders Act, the police come to see me, and I have to go to the Probation Service, but apart from that I have no contact with the police.”
Hoare added: “People shout at me sometimes when I go to the local shops or into the village. Two windows have been smashed, and one cracked.
“Cars go past and people shout ‘Beast’ and other abuse.”
Oates was found guilty of sending the death threats. He was jailed indefinitely as a judge said he posed a threat to public safety.
Hoare had spent 30 years in jail from 1973 for one rape, three attempted rapes and two indecent assaults. He was sentenced to 18 years between 1973 and 1987.
He was freed in 2005 from a Somerset prison after his lawyers claimed he had spent longer than necessary in jail. The Mirror reports Home Office sources said serious offenders like Hoare are faced with struct rules on who they can contact and where they an go while on licence.
Hoare declined to comment when the Mirror contacted him about his winnings.
When asked about the legal case, he said: “I have nothing to say. I’m not saying owt.”
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson stressed all offenders released on licence are subject to strict conditions.
“They will be recalled to prison if they break the rules,” they added.
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