Winner’s £80k con

A LOTTERY winner has been jailed after hiding his £1.9million jackpot to swindle £80,000 in benefits.

Patrick Ronan, 72, pocketed the massive windfall weeks before applying for pension credit, telling means testers he had just £230.

He fraudulently claimed handouts for 11 years, Liverpool Crown Court heard. Ronan, left, was branded “greedy and mean-spirited” as he was jailed for 16 months.