Millionaire cleared of assaulting her ex
BY JAMES MONCUR j.moncur@dailyrecord.co.uk A COURT case involving EuroMillions winner Gillian Bayford has been dropped because of “insufficient evidence”.
The 46-year-old multi-millionaire had been charged with assaulting her ex but police and prosecutors decided the case against her wasn’t strong enough.
Bayford – who won £148million with former husband Adrian in 2012 – was due at Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday over an alleged attack on Gavin Innes, 45.
In an incident only recently reported to police, she was accused of assaulting him in an Audi Q7 car last October. But a Crown Office spokesman said: “The police completed their investigations and reports in the case but after consulting with prosecutors, it was decided that there wouldn’t be enough evidence to proceed so the matter was not reported to the procurator fiscal.
“That will be an end of the case.” Bayford and Gavin had been at school together but hit it off when he approached her to help with a charity he was starting for male victims of domestic abuse.
The pair dated last year but after their relationship broke down, she labelled him a “gold digger”.
After they split, Bayford said: “You have to meet a few weasels before you can meet someone nice – a prince or whatever. With Gavin, it was just financial. He pulled the wool over my eyes from the beginning.”
Bayford, originally from Carnoustie, Angus, married convicted fraudster Brian Deans in August in St Andrews – six years to the day after she landed her jackpot.