A convicted rapist who won £7 million on the lottery while in prison has been forced to pay compensation to an elderly victim in a landmark legal settlement.
After a four-year court battle, Iorworth Hoare agreed to pay close to £100,000 to the 79-year-old retired teacher he attempted to rape 21 years ago. His bill for legal fees reached almost £1million.
Hoare, known as the "Lotto rapist", may now face claims from some of the other women he assaulted, which could cost him at least half his remaining fortune.
The settlement is the first of its kind in this country and also opens the door for thousands of other sex abuse victims to make compensation claims many years after they were attacked.
I fail to see the link between his Lotto win and his conduct 20 years earlier, for which he has already served a life sentence and she received financial compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
As has been observed in Contrasts in Tolerance, in the UK they like to punish you once, then twice, then three times, and then four times...
