Lotto winner Michael Carroll wants dustbin job back

The_Minister

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/8692475.stm

A notorious National Lottery millionaire from Norfolk says he wants to work as a dustman again after losing his fortune.

Michael Carroll, of Downham Market, was 19 when he won £9.7m in November 2002.

Mr Carroll, dubbed the "Lotto lout" by the tabloids because of his life of petty crime, collected his jackpot still wearing an electronic tag.

Veolia Environmental Services, which runs the bin service, said: "We are not recruiting for operatives in the area."


Life and times of Michael Carroll
November 2002: Mr Carroll wins £9.7m jackpot while under electronic tagging order for being drunk and disorderly
December 2002: He is fined £1,300 for dodging two £5 train fares
June 2003: Fined £12,000 for claiming nearly £330 in Jobseeker's Allowance while working as a dustman
July 2004: Jailed for five months for breaching a court order
February 2006: Sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to affray
January 2007: Given a two-year supervised community order for abusing train travellers

Mr Carroll's house in Swaffham was recently put up for sale.

He said: "I need some money don't I? I can't keep on going on as I have been.

"It will get me back into reality instead of the rollercoaster I've been on for the last eight years."

He said he preferred working outside, but added he was now more unfit than he had been when he gave up the job in 2002.

When father-of-two Mr Carroll was jailed for affray in 2006, Norwich Crown court heard he had 42 previous offences recorded since 1997.

Just before he was jailed he admitted in an interview with BBC Look East that he had spent £1.2m of his lottery fortune on cocaine but added that he had stopped taking drugs.

Asked if he regretted what he had done since winning the jackpot, Mr Carroll said: "When you give nine million pounds to a 19-year-old what do you think is going to happen?"

Some people can't handle money.

amacachi

Even after the coke he blew 8.5 million? How? Some people don't deserve money.

keano_afc

He should come over here, sign on. Through other benefits he'll soon get a good bit of that fortune back.

Feeona

Is his ticket in one of the bins?

theboxer

How could he have spent £1.2 million on coke? A kilo costs £50,000 cash. Thats a serious amount of sniff.:eek:

Was he using it as a substitute for sugar?

Father Damo

Within 1000 days of winning the lotto he was jailed, but in these 1000 days spent 1.2 mil on sniff? 1200 a day? My English mates tell me its 50 quid a gram or thereabouts. Over 20 grams a day? Cmon like, really.

Dravokivich

Father Damo wrote: »

Within 1000 days of winning the lotto he was jailed, but in these 1000 days spent 1.2 mil on sniff? 1200 a day? My English mates tell me its 50 quid a gram or thereabouts. Over 20 grams a day? Cmon like, really.

It's very likely he could of been having big druggie parties with other people...

Although how much of the shíte someone would use, I've no idea...

IvyTheTerrible

At least he wants to work...

IvyTheTerrible

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

At least he wants to work...

Well, needs to work for the cause*.





*cause he's skint!

heffomike54

Father Damo wrote: »

Within 1000 days of winning the lotto he was jailed, but in these 1000 days spent 1.2 mil on sniff? 1200 a day? My English mates tell me its 50 quid a gram or thereabouts. Over 20 grams a day? Cmon like, really.

Dravokivich wrote: »

It's very likely he could of been having big druggie parties with other people...

Although how much of the shíte someone would use, I've no idea...

Do you really think this lads maths are to be trusted?:rolleyes:

amacachi

amacachi wrote: »

Even after the coke he blew 8.5 million? How? Some people don't deserve money.

It could be said that by blowing his fortune, he provided employment to many by spending it.

I don't include the bankrolling of drug barons!

Lemsiper

He worked as a dustbin?

bonerm

The fella clearly isn't too bright. He apparently bought his homes with mortgages when he had €10million in the bank.

Run_to_da_hills

Throw him into the dustbin.

jayteecork

Irish surname and all, lol.

henryporter

heffomike54 wrote: »

Do you really think this lads maths are to be trusted?:rolleyes:

I know - imagine if he lost count collecting bins!

consultech

Delighted to hear this to be honest. Money can't buy class.

If ever there was a candidate deserving of losing £9.8m, it's this chap. It's one thing "never having a chance" being blamed for a criminal lifestyle, but he had every chance when he struck it rich.

http://www.myspace.com/burberryisforgentlemen
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article952481.ece

^^ Imagine living next door to that! Poor neighbours ^^

bonerm

bonerm wrote: »

The fella clearly isn't too bright. He apparently bought his homes with mortgages when he had €10million in the bank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiS1IcKuG8s

JONJO THE MISER

jayteecork wrote: »

Irish surname and all, lol.

Yeah but he was hanging out with Mad Dog Adare it was in his tv Doco, pure and utter scum and brian dead, oh well thats skangers for you.

jayteecork

He got his own Tv show on Sky 2 or something for a while didn't he?

He was burning old cars out driving around fields and whatnot.

Was top viewing!

Lando Griffin

Still only a drop in the ocean to Sean Quinn and 2 billion.

Menengroth™

amacachi wrote: »

Even after the coke he blew 8.5 million? How? Some people don't deserve oxygen.

FYP.

jayteecork

This legend lost 7 million dollars in a few days playing poker online. (including 4.6 million in a few hours to one person)
http://www.pokerista.fi/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Isildur1ept.jpg

He won it from nothing in the first place, but awesomeness none the less.

heffomike54

henryporter wrote: »

I know - imagine if he lost count collecting bins!

I am sure that happened more than once:D

ejmaztec

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Still only a drop in the ocean to Sean Quinn and 2 billion.

I wouldn't trust him with a bin either.

Blobby George

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Yeah but he was hanging out with Mad Dog Adare it was in his tv Doco, pure and utter scum and brian dead, oh well thats skangers for you.

I saw that alright. I'd say they extorted plenty of money outta the braindead Carroll.

jayteecork

jayteecork wrote: »

This legend lost 7 million dollars in a few days playing poker online. (including 4.6 million in a few hours to one person)
http://www.pokerista.fi/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Isildur1ept.jpg

He won it from nothing in the first place, but awesomeness none the less.

The story that got so many of us back into railing.. Was brilliant at the time.

bonerm

bonerm wrote: »

The fella clearly isn't too bright. He apparently bought his homes with mortgages when he had 10million in the bank.

I'd do the same.. Use a chunk of the winnings as collateral and let the houses pay for themselves from renting.

smcgiff

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd do the same.. Use a chunk of the winnings as collateral and let the houses pay for themselves from renting.

I'm guessing he wasn't thinking about leveraging his £9m while he was doing it though

PrettyBoy

Great news. No one more deserving of losing everything they've had handed to them.

theboxer wrote: »

How could he have spent £1.2 million on coke? A kilo costs £50,000 cash. Thats a serious amount of sniff.:eek:

You won't believe this guy then:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1613761/20090611/storch_scott.jhtml

smcgiff

smcgiff wrote: »

I'm guessing he wasn't thinking about leveraging his £9m while he was doing it though

Very true!

smcgiff

smcgiff wrote: »

I'm guessing he wasn't thinking about leveraging his £9m while he was doing it though

Just imagine if he'd been "smart and ballsy", how much in debt he would be now

rovert

At least he lived a life

bonerm

rovert wrote: »

At least he lived a life

Doesn't sound like it. He could have gone round the world in luxury and seen every wonderous thing out there if he'd wanted to, but he seemed to prefer wrecking his garden with demolition derbies.

digme

Feeona wrote: »

Is his ticket in one of the bins?

he already won it .... welcome to 2010....

Hazys

TBH if somebody put £9.7m in my wallet before a night out, i'd wake up in the morning with no notes and a boat load of cash in change.

Lemsiper

Lemsiper wrote: »

He worked as a dustbin?

Yeah, thats right. A dustbin for COKE

Rented Mule

theboxer wrote: »

How could he have spent £1.2 million on coke? A kilo costs £50,000 cash. Thats a serious amount of sniff.:eek:

Was he using it as a substitute for sugar?

When you have coke, and people know you have coke, you become VERY popular and go through copius amounts.

Mweelrea

Why does it always seem to be scumbags who win large sums of money most of the time ?

bonerm

Mweelrea wrote: »

Why does it always seem to be scumbags who win large sums of money most of the time ?

Because they're the only ones dumb enough to go public about it.

rovert

bonerm wrote: »

Doesn't sound like it. He could have gone round the world in luxury and seen every wonderous thing out there if he'd wanted to, but he seemed to prefer wrecking his garden with demolition derbies.

I refer you to my previous statement

Hazys

Mweelrea wrote: »

Why does it always seem to be scumbags who win large sums of money most of the time ?

Probably because its idiot tax

Auldloon

He was being sold "top quality" coke at very inflated prices. Non stop parties at his house with serving trays piled high with the stuff. Hiring 20 hookers at 1k each per night to make sure their was plenty women around etc.
Wouldn't be long blowing a fair wad of cash at that rate.

bonerm

rovert wrote: »

I refer you to my previous statement

So by your logic anyone who does anything they enjoy with their money is "living a life"? Just because I enjoy wasting a day playing my PS3, if I won £10m and bought the worlds biggest TV set so I could play video games on it til I die I'd likewise be "living a life". I personally don't think so.

I'm saying he could have had a lot more fun with his money had he not lived such an unimaginative and pointless existence up to that point. Plus he wouldn't be broke now and begging for his job back.

Either way, if he was living a life then he did it for far to short a time. His assertion that he wouldn't have done it any differently is BS too. Typical chavvy front nonsense.