Fetish creep hugged cop’s leather boot
Anger as winner of raffle for £3m house gets £110k in cash instead
ATTACK Paul Chigbu A PERVERT is facing jail after he grabbed an offduty policewoman’s boot.
Paul Chigbu, 51, has served time over sex offences dating back to 1984 and is banned from touching a woman or their clothing in public.
But on November 4 he grabbed the officer’s right knee-high black leather boot in a train at West Croydon station.
She told Hendon magistrates he lunged towards her and was smiling, adding: “I said, ‘What the f*** do you think you are doing, get off !’”
She swiped his hand away and he fled the train.
Chigbu, of Bermondsey, South East London, was convicted of breaching a sexual offences order. He was bailed and will be sentenced on February 8. Living area in the £3million property
ment, which is approved and audited by A PUNTER who won a raffle for a the Gambling Commission. It chose 100 £3million dream home had to settle tickets at random and local MP for £110,000 after the organisers Christopher Chope drew the winner failed to sell enough tickets. from that number. An independent
Mark and Sharon Beresford, owners solicitor oversaw the procedure. of the luxury riverside property, hoped Mr Beresford set up the company Win to flog 250,000 tickets priced at £25 each. A Mega Home Ltd as a platform to stage
But only 30,000 were bought, raising the house raffle. It is legally obliged to just £750,000. Under the rules, ticket file its costings for the competition with sales below 170,000 – £4.25million worth Companies House in the near future. – would result in a cash prize Mr Beresford said in a statement: being offered instead. “We made sure
The Beresfords were everything was legal entitled to take 25% and above board and of ticket sales, satisfied the £187,500, with Gambling 75% going into Commission. Of the prize pool – course we’re minus disappointed marketing and that the house legal costs. But hasn’t been the winner, won as we want Carina Alcock of to move to be Christchurch, near family. Dorset, was left When we called with only £110,000, the winner, they suggesting hefty costs were overcome and of £452,500. The prize is we’re so happy for them 27 times less than the value and can’t wait to present of the six-bedroom property EXPENSES Mark and Sharon them with the money.”
Beresford offered house prize in Ringwood, Hants. The Gambling
Several punters have voiced Commission said it could anger about the raffle. not comment on individual cases.
Michelle Philpott, of Poole, Dorset, Jenny Ross, of consumer rights organisation said: “I think all who entered should be Which? Money, said house raffles given their money back.” were popular. But she added: “The
And Rebecca Gleaves, of number of failed house raffles far Bournemouth, said: “It might be legal, exceeds the number of successes, often but that doesn’t make it OK morally.” because they don’t sell enough tickets.”
The initial draw was made by a computer at Sterling Lottery Manage- their