Jail for M25 drink-driver
He’d never let his customers down, say pals
A DRINK-driver who did 100mph on the M25 with his nine-year-old son sat in the front has been jailed for eight months.
John O’Connor, 50, was stopped and found to be twice the limit after driving 12 miles from his home in Romford, East London.
Snaresbrook crown court heard police had to drag him from the car.
O’Connor, 50, admitted dangerous driving and was banned for five years.
The judge said it was “nothing short of a miracle” that no one was killed. THE builder who won a £76million EuroMillions jackpot is honouring quotes for work handed out before he cashed in his winnings.
Self-employed Andrew Clark, 51, had kept the lucky ticket behind the sun visor of his battered van for six weeks.
When he went public over the jackpot clients were nervous they would be left in the lurch. But friends say the dad-oftwo would never let customers down.
Plumber Gordon Jackson, 68, said: “Andy is a very conscientious bloke... He’s going to honour the jobs he’s started.
“If it was me, I’d say, ‘Look, I’m very sorry but I’ve won the lottery and I won’t be doing the work’.
“But he’s going to finish the jobs because he is an honest guy, a good bloke. He’s a good lad, dead straight. Fair play to the guy.
“I’m really pleased the money’s gone to somebody who works for a living.”
According to friends, Andy plans to “manage” all outstanding work, meaning he will subcontract other tradesman to finish off the jobs for him.
The grandad-of-three did not check his numbers until six weeks after buying his winning ticket for the November 2 draw.
He and partner Trish Fairhurst, 51, went public over the £76,369,806 win, before Christmas.
The couple, who met online four years ago, have already started making good on their pledge to share their good fortune with “all the family”. Yesterday a brand-new £40,000 Range Rover and £50,000 BMW M3 stood outside the home of Andy’s son Jamie.
The 30-year-old and his family live in a modest £200,000, semi-detached, three-bedroom house in Rushden, Northants.
On December 30 he uploaded a photo of the gleaming black BMW on to his Facebook profile.
One friend wrote: “Fair play to you, mate, I’m happy for you.”
And Jamie replied: “Thanks, mate appreciate it.”
Laughing when asked whether the cars were a Christmas present from GORDON JACKSON LOTTO WINNER’S PAL
just days New Qashqai parked in the drive How Daily Mirror told the story Andrew, Jamie’s wife said: “I’m not going to answer that.”
Neighbours say the two cars – both 2018 reg – appeared on the driveway over the Christmas holidays.
Andy and Trish, of Boston, Lincs, bought an £83,000 C-Class C63 AMG Mercedes and a £20,000 Nissan Qashqai within 24 hours of the win.
They are keeping their house, planning to rent it out, and have put in an offer on a luxury four-bed nearby.
The couple want to pay off the mortgages of 20 friends and relatives, but Trish plans to keep her catering assistant job at an NHS hospital.
Speaking at the press conference Andy said: “The whole family will be looked after, well looked after. They won’t want for anything.”
He is going to finish the jobs because he is an honest guy, a good bloke