UK: £9m Lotto winner under Investigation for "Firearms Related Items"

[Zedicus]

http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.c...lotto-winner-in-firearms-probe-name_page.html

£9m Lotto winner in firearms probe
Apr 4 2004

A former dustman who won a £9.7 million National Lottery jackpot has been questioned following the discovery of "firearm-related items" in a house, police sources said .

Michael Carroll, 21, of Swaffham, Norfolk, was questioned on Saturday before being released on police bail without charge.

A police spokesman would only said that a 21-year-old man had been arrested and released.

But sources said the man was Mr Carroll, who won his prize in November 2002.

Translation Note: a "Dustman" is the UK term for what most Americans refer to as a "Garbage Man"!

My questions on this one are the same as what was asked on KBA.com.

• Why was this Mans Home Searched in the first Place?
• What are these So-called "Firearms Related Items", and why did they Warrant Arresting a Man over?
• Does Winning a Lottery or Prize automatically make you a Target for the Police to search your Home?

Something about this seems VERY Fishy....

 

[armoredman]

Airstrip One wants thier money back, and trumped up charges are the good way of doing it. Too bad he didn't take his money and flee to America...

 

[agricola]

Zedicus,

i) the man's home was searched after he was photographed (by a neighbour) waving a handgun around - a gun which seems to have been a blank-firer, hence his being released without charge. This search would have taken place after a warrant had been sworn out by a magistrate, probably under the Firearms Act 1968 (as amended). Given Carroll's history (see below) this was a wise move (he would be banned from possessing a Firearms Licence because of his past criminal behaviour);

ii) Michael Carroll is awaiting trial for recieving stolen goods, and is a self-confessed cocaine addict, to say nothing of being currently serving a driving ban (he has no licence, or insurance despite having nine million pounds of Lottery money in the bank). As a result, the US can have him (though, due to his criminality, he wont get in);

Really, you and KABA should pick better examples, or at least do a Google news search before posting this kind of rubbish.

 

[agricola]

bumped so the author and KABA can see this and publish some form of retraction.